Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Coral Gables/FL/Biscayne Bay tributaries (1957, Hunt 1958, cited by McCann et al. 1996), 1st Records: Fort Myers/FL/'Gulf of Mexico' (USNM 890932, US National Museum of Natural History 2008); Fort Myers/FL/'Hyacinth Control District Pond # 2 (1996, USNM 888709, US National Museum of Natural History 2008)

Geographic Extent

'abundant in semi-brackish water along 8 km of canal in the middle of the city of Miami westward to the edge of the Everglades' /FL/canals (1958, Hunt 1958; McCann et al. 1994), Fort Myers/FL/'Gulf of Mexico' (USNM 890932, US National Museum of Natural History 2008); Fort Myers/FL/'Hyacinth Control District Pond # 2 (1996, USNM 888709, US National Museum of Natural History 2008); , Airport Road, Naples/FL/Canal S of Golden Gate Parkway, to Naples Bay (2004, FLMNH 390930, Florida Museum of Natural History 2013)