Species Regional Summary
Microcosmus exasperatus
None ( CAR-III )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Serranilla Bank/Colombia/Caribbean (1884, USNM 6931, US National Museum of Natural History 2009)

Geographic Extent

Serranilla Bank/Colombia/Caribbean (1884, USNM 6931, US National Museum of Natural History 2009); Curacao/Caribbean Sea; Santa Marta/Colombia/Caribbean Sea; Panama/Bocas del Toro (da Rocha et al. 2005); W Of Pigeon Point/ Tobago/Caribbean Sea; (1959, USNM 14552, US National Museum of Natural History 2009); Toro Point/Panama/West Side Of Shelter Cove, Limon Bay (1971, USNM 14585, US National Museum of Natural History 2009, Pilings under vessel dock); Colon/Panama/Caribbean Sea (2008, Carman et al. 2011); Margarita Island/Venezuela/Caribbean Sea (USNM 15330, US National Museum of Natural History 2009); La Restinga, Isla Margarita,/VenezuelaCaribbean Sea (2009, da Rocha et al. 2010); Venezuela/Laguna Grande del Obispo, Laguna Chica, Turpialito, Caribbean Sea (2010, Caraballo-Perez and Diaz-Diaz 2011, mangroves)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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