Species Regional Summary
Microcosmus exasperatus
None ( CAR-II )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st record: Jamaica/Caribbean Sea (Heller 1878, Type locality, cited by Kott 1985)

Geographic Extent

Jamaica/Caribbean Sea (1884, USNM 6927, US National Museum of Natural History 2009); Cuba, Jamaica/Caribbean Sea (1884, USNM 6927, US National Museum of Natural History 2009); Twin Cays/Belize/Caribbean Sea (1983, USNM 15401, US National Museum of Natural History 2009); Jamaica/Caribbean Sea (Goodbody and Webber 2003, mangrove habitats)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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