Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record: Port Aransas Pass, Patricio County/TX/Gulf of Mexico (1990, Hicks and Tunnell 1993; Hicks and Tunnell 1995). An email from David Hicks (3/2/2017, indicates that P. perna might be rare or absent in Texas since ~2000. He attributes the decline to hot summer weather (Kim Holzer, personal communication).
Geographic Extent
Port Aransas Pass, Patricio County/TX/Gulf of Mexico (1990, Hicks and Tunnell 1993; Hicks and Tunnell 1995)
Vectors
Level | Vector |
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Alternate | Hull Fouling |
Alternate | Ballast Water |