Species Regional Summary
Ophiactis savignyi Lineage B
None ( WA-I )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record? High Ground Of Seminde, 2-3 Mile SW Of Madeleine Island/Senegal/Atlantic Ocean (1971, USNM E 30434, US National Museum of Natural History 2008)

Geographic Extent

High Ground Of Seminde, 2-3 Mile SW Of Madeleine Island/Senegal/Atlantic Ocean (1971, USNM E 30434, US National Museum of Natural History 2008); Madeira/Atlantic Ocean (Jesus and Domingos 1998).

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Ballast Water
Alternate Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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Cite NEMESIS
Fofonoff PW, Ruiz GM, Steves B, Simkanin C, & Carlton JT (2018)
National Exotic Marine and Estuarine Species Information System.
https://invasions.si.edu/nemesis
Access Date: May 10, 2026

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