Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record: Saint Croix Island/Virgin Islands/Caribbean Sea (Mörch, 1863, cited by Bastida-Zavala et al. 2017, as Hydroides abbreviata)
Geographic Extent
San Juan/Puerto Rico/Bahia de San Juan (Caribbean Sea) (1942, Bastida-Zavala and Ten-Hove 2002); Puerto Rico/Caribbean Sea (2007, Ruiz et al., unpublished data)
Vectors
| Level | Vector |
|---|---|
| Alternate | Ballast Water |
| Alternate | Hull Fouling |