Species Regional Summary
Elamenopsis kempi
Panama Pacific Coast ( PAN_PAC )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Upper E Pedro Miguel Locks, Canal Zone/Panama/Panama Canal (Panama Bay) (1969, Abele 1972; USNM 137692, 13 crabs, 5 ovigerous females, as Neorhyncoplax kempi)

Geographic Extent

Upper E Pedro Miguel Locks, Canal Zone/Panama/Panama Canal (Panama Bay) (1969, Abele 1972; Abele and Kim 1989; USNM 137692, 13 crabs, 5 ovigerous females, as Neorhyncoplax kempi); Miraflores Locks, Canal Zone/Panama/Panama Canal (Panama Bay) (1974, Abele and Kim 1989); Miraflores Third Lock Lagoons/Panama/Panama Canal (2007-2009, Kam et al. 2011); Miraflores Lake/Panama/Panama Canal l (2007-2009, Kam et al. 2011)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Ballast Water
Alternate Canal

Regional Impacts

References

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