Invasion History

First Non-native Panama (Caribbean) Tidal Record: 2004

Panama Invasion History:


Invasion history elsewhere in the world:

None


Description

None


Taxonomy

Taxonomic Tree

Kingdom:   Animalia
Phylum:   Bryozoa
Class:   Gymnolaemata
Order:   Cheilostomata
Suborder:   Anasca
Family:   Flustridae
Genus:   Sinoflustra
Species:   amoyensis

Synonyms

Membranipora amoyensis (Robertson, 1921)
Membranipora hastingsae (Li, 1989)
(, )

Potentially Misidentified Species

Sinoflustra annae
None

Ecology

Food:

Phytoplankton; detritus

Trophic Status:

Suspension Feeder

SusFed

Habitats

General HabitatMarinas & DocksNone
General HabitatRockyNone


Tolerances and Life History Parameters

Broad Temperature RangeNoneWarm Temeprate-Tropica
Broad Salinity RangeNonePolyhaline-Euhaline

General Impacts


Regional Distribution Map

Bioregion Region Name Year Invasion Status Population Status
PAN_CAR Panama Caribbean Coast 2004 Def Estab

Occurrence Map

OCC_ID Author Year Date Locality Status Latitude Longitude

References

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Hastings, Anna B. (1930) Cheilostomatous Polyzoa from the vicinity of the Panama Canal, collected by Dr, C. Crossland on the cruise of S. Y. St. george, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 47: 697–750

Huang, Zongguo (Ed.), Junda Lin (Translator) (2001) Marine Species and Their Distributions in China's Seas, Krieger, Malabar, FL. Pp. <missing location>

Liu, X. Xing (1995) On the genus Membranipora (Anasca:Cheilostomata:Membraniporidae) from south China Seas, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 40(1): 103-144

Madhaven Pillai, S. R. (1981) Further report on the taxonomy of fouling bryozoans of Bombay Harbour and vicinity., Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 78: 317-329

McCann, Linda D.; Hitchcock, Natasha Gray; Winston, Judith E.; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2007) Non-native bryozoans in coastal embayments of the southern United States: new records for the western Atlantic., Bulletin of Marine Science 80(2): 319-342

Oh, Dong-Ha and 6 auhtora (2021) Novel genome characteristics contribute to the invasiveness of Phragmites australis (common reed), Molecular Ecology Resources 31: 1142–1159.
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Rao, K. Satyanarayana; Baljaji, M. (1988) Marine biodeterioration- advanced techniques applicable to the Indian Ocean, Oxford & IBH Pub. Co., New Delhi. Pp. 551-574