Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Recife, Pernambuco/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (1990, Farrapeira 2010)

Geographic Extent

Natal, Rio Grande do Norte/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (2007, Farrapeira et al. 2010, in fouling on tugboat); Pernambuco/Atlantic Ocean; Bahia/Atlantic Ocean (Young 1998, not listed in Young 1994; Ferreira et al. 2009); Itamaracá Island, Pernambuco/Brazil/Rio Paripe estuary (2006, Farrapeira 2008); Recife, Pernambuco/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (1991, Farrapeira 2010); Bahia/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (Young 1995, cited by Ferreira et al. 2009); Natal-Recife/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (on tugboat routinely traveling between cities, 2007, Farrapeira et al. 2010); Pirapama shipwreck, located six miles off Recife harbor (08º 03' 23''S and 034º 46' 58''W)/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (2001-2007, Lira and Farrapeira 2010); Itaparica, Bahia/Brazil/Todos os Santos Bay, Kremer and da Rocha 2016125302100S, 38410300W).; Alagoa-Pernambuco/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (1990, Teixeira and Creed 2020)