Invasion History
First Non-native Panama (Caribbean) Tidal Record: 2004Panama 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)
(, )
Membranipora hastingsae (Li, 1989)
(, )
Potentially Misidentified Species
Sinoflustra annae
None
None
Ecology
Food:
Phytoplankton; detritus
Trophic Status:
Suspension Feeder
SusFedHabitats
| General Habitat | Marinas & Docks | None |
| General Habitat | Rocky | None |
Tolerances and Life History Parameters
| Broad Temperature Range | None | Warm Temeprate-Tropica |
| Broad Salinity Range | None | Polyhaline-Euhaline |
General Impacts
Regional Distribution Map
| Bioregion | Region Name | Year | Invasion Status | Population Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAN_CAR | Panama Caribbean Coast | 2004 | Non-native | Established |
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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