Species Regional Summary
Exaiptasia pallida
Pt. Conception to Southern Baja California ( NEP-VI )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: CA/Mission Bay(12/16/1937, USNM 5003, US National Museum of Natural History 2020, as Aiptasia californica)

Geographic Extent

Santa Barbara/CA/UCSB lagoon (11-22-2019, GBIF 2020, 34.4076, -119.845, GBIF 2020); Ventura/CA/Pacific Ocean (6/25/2020, GBIF 2020, 34.24652, -119.261423); Long Beach/CA/Los Angles-Long Beach (2018, Ruiz et al. 2020);Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve/CA/Pacific Ocean (10/13/2018, GBIF 2020, 33.69562, -118.0464); CA/Mission Bay(12/16/1937, USNM 5003, US National Museum of Natural History 2020, as Aiptasia californica); CA/Mission Bay (8/15/2019, GBIF 2020, 32.792791, -117.210057

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Ballast Water
Alternate Pet Release

Regional Impacts

References

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