Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record? Dominica/Caribbean Sea (both Lineages B-introduced, and A-cryptogenic, Roy and Sponer 2002)
1st Record? (lineage unknown): Barbados/Caribbean Sea (1918, E 4441, United States Museum of Natural History 2008)
Geographic Extent
Dominica/Caribbean Sea (both Lineages B, introduced, and A, cryptogenic. Roy and Sponer 2002); St. Thomas, Virgin Islands of the United States/Caribbean Sea (USNM 1109, United States Museum of Natural History 2008); Barbados/Caribbean Sea (1918, E 4441, United States Museum of Natural History 2008); Off Puntila Point Parallel To Tablago/Puerto Rico/Caribbean Sea (1937, USNM E 5451, United States Museum of Natural History 2008)
Vectors
Level | Vector |
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Alternate | Hull Fouling |
Probable | Ballast Water |