Species Regional Summary
Limnoria quadripunctata
_CDA_P022 (San Diego) ( P022 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: La Jolla/CA/Pacfic Ocean (1949, Menzies 1957; Wallour 1960) This gribble (wood-boring isopod) was long mis-identified as Limnoria lignorum- it was probably widespread on the California coast by the 19th century).

Geographic Extent

La Jolla/CA/Pacfiic Ocean (1949, Menzies 1957; Wallour 1960)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable None

Regional Impacts

References

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