Species Regional Summary
Bunodeopsis sp. A
Mission Bay ( P030 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: San Diego/CA/Mission Bay (1995, Engle and Richards 2001; 1998, Ranasinghe et al. 2005)

Geographic Extent

San Diego/CA/Mission Bay (1995, Engle and Richards 2001; 1998, Ranasinghe et al. 2005)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Ballast Water
Alternate None
Alternate Natural Dispersal

Regional Impacts

Ecological ImpactHabitat Change
Settling of Bunodeopsis sp. A on seagrass (Zostera marina) killed plants in San Diego. In experiments, removal of the anemones, resulted in increased growth, due both to shading of the leaf, and weighing the leaf down, increasing self-shading (Williams and Heck 2001, cited by Williams et al. 2007).
 
Ecological ImpactCompetition
Settling of Bunodeopsis sp. A on seagrass (Zostera marina) killed plants in San Diego by shading the leaf, decreasing photosynthesis (Williams and Heck 2001, cited by Williams et al. 2007).
 
Economic ImpactHealth
Bunodeopsis sp. A can sting the exposed skin of swimmers and divers, through contact with the whole animal, or with autotomized tentacles, drifting in the waters. The stings are not extremely painful, but produce a sense of irritation and numbness (Ljubenkov, in SCAMIT 1999).
 

References

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