Species Regional Summary
Ficopomatus miamiensis
Panama Pacific Coast ( PAN_PAC )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Upper East Chamber, Miraflores Locks/Panama/Panama Canal (1/17/1972, USNM 58657, US National Museum of Natural History 2012)

Geographic Extent

Upper East Chamber, Miraflores Locks/Panama/Panama Canal (1/17/1972, USNM 58657, */26/1974, USNM 54977; US National Museum of Natural History 2012, 'on lock bottom and under rocks'); Miraflores Spillway/Panama/Panama Canal (4/2/1973, USNM 58659, US National Museum of Natural History 2012, 'on lock bottom and under rocks'); Third Lock/Panama/Panama Canal (USNM 52743, US National Museum of Natural History 2012; Bastida-Zavala et al. 2017

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Ballast Water

Regional Impacts

References

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