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:   Leptothecata
Family:   Thyroscyphidae
Genus:   Thyroscyphus
Species:   fruticosus

Synonyms

Campanularia fruticosa (Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1890, 1890)
Laeomedea fruticosa (Esper, 1830)
Sertularella fruticosa (D'Arcy Thomspon, 1879)
Thyroscyphus fruticosus (Splettstosser, 1929)
Thyroscyphus vitiensis (Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1890 2007-03-13, None)

Potentially Misidentified Species

Ecology

Food:

Zooplankton, epibenthos

Trophic Status:

Suspension Feeder

SusFed

Habitats

General HabitatMarinas & DocksNone
General HabitatCoral reefNone
Salinity RangeEuhaline30-40 PSU
Tidal RangeSubtidalNone
Vertical HabitatEpibenthicNone


Tolerances and Life History Parameters

Broad Temperature RangeNoneSubtropical-Tropical
Broad Salinity RangeNoneEuhaline

General Impacts


Regional Distribution Map

Bioregion Region Name Year Invasion Status Population Status Vectors
EA-III None 0 Native Established
SP-XXI None 1973 Crypogenic Established
SP-XIII None 1997 Non-native Unknown
EAS-III None 0 Native Established
SP-XII None 1976 Crypogenic Established
SP-VII None 0 Crypogenic Established
NZ-IV None 0 Crypogenic Unknown
EAS-VI None 0 Native Established
CIO-II None 0 Native Established
RS-3 None 0 Native Established
AUS-II None 0 Native Established
AUS-I None 0 Native Established
EAS-II None 0 Native Established
SP-IX None 2002 Crypogenic Established

Occurrence Map

OCC_ID Author Year Date Locality Status Latitude Longitude

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