Invasion History

First Non-native North American Tidal Record:
First Non-native West Coast Tidal Record:
First Non-native East/Gulf Coast Tidal Record:

General Invasion History:

None

North American Invasion History:


Description

None


Taxonomy

Taxonomic Tree

Kingdom:   Animalia
Phylum:   Cnidaria
Class:   Hydrozoa
Subclass:   Hydroidolina
Order:   Anthoathecatae
Suborder:   Capitata
Family:   Zancleidae
Genus:   Zanclea
Species:   bomala

Synonyms

Gemmaria costata (Fraser, 1912)
Gemmaria gemmosa (Mayer, 1900)
Zanclea costata (None, None)

Potentially Misidentified Species

Ecology

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Consumers:

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Habitats



Tolerances and Life History Parameters

General Impacts


Regional Distribution Map

Bioregion Region Name Year Invasion Status Population Status Vectors
CAR-VII Cape Hatteras to Mid-East Florida 0 Native Established
NA-ET3 Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras 0 Native Established
CAR-I Northern Yucatan, Gulf of Mexico, Florida Straits, to Middle Eastern Florida 0 Native Established
SA-II None 1984 Crypogenic Established
SA-III None 0 Crypogenic Established
AR-V None 0 Native Established
B-I None 0 Native Established
NEA-II None 0 Native Established
NEP-VIII None 1904 Crypogenic Established
MED-III None 0 Native Established
MED-VII None 0 Native Established
RS-3 None 0 Crypogenic Established
RS-2 None 0 Crypogenic Established
RS-1 None 0 Crypogenic Established
MED-II None 0 Native Established
NEA-III None 0 Native Established
NEP-V Northern California to Mid Channel Islands 1975 Native Established

Occurrence Map

OCC_ID Author Year Date Locality Status Latitude Longitude

References

Carlton, James T. (1979) History, biogeography, and ecology of the introduced marine and estuarine invertebrates of the Pacific Coast of North America., Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Davis. Pp. 1-904