Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record? FL/Gulf of Mexico (Lineage B, introduced, Roy and Sponer 2002)

1st Record (Both lineages?): Cedar Key, Off Light/FL/Gulf of Mexico (1913, USNM E 24284, United States Museum of Natural History 2008)

Geographic Extent

Cedar Key, Off Light/FL/Gulf of Mexico (1913, USNM E 24284, United States Museum of Natural History 2008)

Vectors

Level	Vector
Alternate	Hull Fouling
Alternate	Ballast Water

Regional Impacts

References

Roy, M. S.; Sponer, R. (2002) Evidence of a human-mediated invasion of the tropical western Atlantic by the world's most common brittlestar., Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B 269: 1017-1023

Species Regional Summary Ophiactis savignyi Lineage B Suwannee River ( G080 )

Invasion

Invasion Description

Geographic Extent

Vectors

Regional Impacts

References

Species Regional Summary
Ophiactis savignyi Lineage B
Suwannee River ( G080 )