Invasion History

First Non-native Panama (Pacific) Tidal Record: 1971

Panama Invasion History:


Invasion history elsewhere in the world:

None


Description

None


Taxonomy

Taxonomic Tree

Kingdom:   Animalia
Phylum:   Arthropoda
Subphylum:   Crustacea
Class:   Malacostraca
Subclass:   Eumalacostraca
Superorder:   Eucarida
Order:   Decapoda
Suborder:   Pleocyemata
Infraorder:   Brachyura
Superfamily:   Xanthoidea
Family:   Panopeidae
Genus:   Eurypanopeus
Species:   dissimilis

Synonyms

Potentially Misidentified Species

Eurypanopeus canalensis
described by Abele and kim (1989) from the Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal

Eurypanopeus depressus
Widespread Atlantic species, NH-Texas, introduced Brazil-Argentina

Ecology

Food:

benthic invertebrates

Trophic Status:

Omnivore

Omni

Habitats

General HabitatCoarse Woody DebrisNone
General HabitatSalt-brackish marshNone
General HabitatUnstructured BottomNone
General HabitatOyster ReefNone
General HabitatMarinas & DocksNone
General HabitatRockyNone
General HabitatMangrovesNone
General HabitatGrass BedNone
Salinity RangeEuhaline30-40 PSU
Salinity RangePolyhaline18-30 PSU
Salinity RangeMesohaline5-18 PSU
Salinity RangeOligohaline0.5-5 PSU
Salinity RangeLimnetic0-0.5 PSU
Tidal RangeMid IntertidalNone
Tidal RangeLow IntertidalNone
Tidal RangeSubtidalNone
Vertical HabitatEpibenthicNone


Tolerances and Life History Parameters

Maximum Width (mm)None14.3 (Rathbun 1930)
Broad Temperature RangeNoneWarm temperate-Tropical
Broad Salinity RangeNoneMesohaline-Euhaline

General Impacts


Regional Distribution Map

Bioregion Region Name Year Invasion Status Population Status
PAN_PAC Panama Pacific Coast 1971 Def Estab
PAN_CAR Panama Caribbean Coast 1891 Native Estab

Occurrence Map

OCC_ID Author Year Date Locality Status Latitude Longitude

References

Abele, Lawrence G.; Kim, Won (1986) An illustrated guide to the marine decapod crustaceans of Florida, State of Florida Department of Environmental Regulation Technical Series 8(1): 1-225

Abele, Lawrence G.; Kim, Won (1989) The decapod crustaceans of the Panama Canal, Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 482: 1-50

Bremec, Claudia S.; Giberto, Diego A. (2004) New records of two species of Sabellaria (Polychaeta: Sabellariidae) from the Argentinean Biogeographic Province, Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia 39(2): 101-105

Markham, John C.; Donath-Hernandez, Francisco; Villalobos-Hiriart, Jose L.; Diaz-Barriga, Antonio-Cantu (1990) Notes on the shallow-water marine Crustacea of the Caribbean coast of Quintana Roo, Mexico, Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Serie Zoologia 61(3): 405-446

McCosker, J.E., Dawson, C.E. (1975) Biotic passage through the Panama Canal, with particular reference to fishes, Marine Biology 30: 343-351