Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: 'Panama', probably Panama City/Panama/Pacific Ocean (Stimpson 1858, cited by Haig 1960, Presumed native, discovered in Pacific soon after Gulf of Mexico description).

Geographic Extent

Nicaragua/Estero Aserradores (Rodriguez et al. 2005); Half Mile From Thatcher Bridge, Panama City/Panama/Panama Bay (USNM 139230, US National Museum of Natural History 2009); Miraflores Locks/Panama/Panama Canal (Abele and Kim 1989)