Invasion

Invasion Description

1st record: Key West/FL/Gulf of Mexico (USNM 6343, United States Museum of Natural History 2008)

Geographic Extent

E End Padre Island At Jetty G. Mexico Shore, Cameron County/TX/Brazos Santiago Pass (1940, USNM 86235, United States Museum of Natural History 2008); Galveston Island jetty/TX/Galveston Bay (USNM 86218, United States Museum of Natural History 2008; Whitten and Hedgepeth 1950);); Galveston Island/TX/Offat's Bayou, Galveston Bay (1939, USNM 86216, United States Museum of Natural History 2008); Sabine west Jetty/TX/Sabine Pass (Hedgepeth and Whitten 1950); New Orleans/LA/Gulf of Mexico (1930, USNM 64390 United States Museum of Natural History 2008, in hold of ship form Cuba); Shore Just W Of Point Aux Herbes/LA/Lake Pontchartrain (1953, USNM 97965, United States Museum of Natural History 2008); Biloxii/MS/Biloxi Bay (1931, USNM 64078; United States Museum of Natural History 2008); Santa Rosa Island, Sabine Island , Pensacola/FL/Santa Rosa Sound (1977, USNM 183668, United States Museum of Natural History 2008); St. Joe/FL/St. Joseph Bay (1935, USNM 86393, United States Museum of Natural History 2008); Dixie County/FL/Gulf of Mexico (Schultz and Johnson 1984); Cedar Key/FL/Gulf of Mexico (USNM 6473, United States Museum of Natural History 2008); Citrus County/FL/Gulf of Mexico (Schultz and Johnson 1984); FL/Manatee River, Tampa Bay (1884, USNM 6477, United States Museum of Natural History 2008); Port Tampa/FL/Tampa Bay (USNM 28720, (1880s-1890s, USNM 6477, United States Museum of Natural History 2008); Sarasota, Cape Haze Marine Lab, Collected Off Stonewall Of Shark Pen/FL/Sarsota Bay (USNM 113281, United States Museum of Natural History 2008); Dry Tortugas/FL/Gulf of Mexico (USNM 39344, United States Museum of Natural History 2008); Key West/FL/Gulf of Mexico (USNM 6343, United States Museum of Natural History 2008) FL/Indian River Lagoon (Kensley et al. 1995); Miami/FL/Biscayne Bay (1965, Schultz 1974); Manistee/FL/Gulf of Mexico; La Puntilla, Vedado, Near Havana/Cuba/Gulf of Mexico (1919, USNM 53626 , United States Museum of Natural History 2008);