Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: West of Dry Tortugas/FL/Gulf of Mexico (1869, YPM IZ 002392 CN, Yale Peabody Museum 2014)

Geographic Extent

N Side Of N Jetty, Port Isabel/TX/Brazos Santiago Pass (1960, USNM 51966, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2014); Platform SHBA, 47 miles south west of Freeport/TX/Gulf of Mexico (2003, USNM 1014941, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2014, 28.33, 95.5); South Timbalier Lease Area, 30 Mile From Shore/LA/Gulf of Mexico (1981, USNM 60197, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2014, 28.5692, -90.4089); Madison-Swanson Marine Protected area, ~100 km S of Panama City/FL/Gulf of Mexico (2006, FLMNH 7898, Florida Museum of Natural History 2014); Sanibel Island, SW Of/FL/Gulf of Mexico (1983, USNM 83921, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2014); circa 18 mi S of Marco Island/FL/Gulf of Mexico (2001, FLNMNH 2, Florida Museum of Natual History 2014); Cape Sable, West Of/FL/Gulf of Mexico (1983, USNM 83925, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2014, 25.2944, -81.8); West of Dry Tortugas/FL/Gulf of Mexico (1869, YPM IZ 002392 CN, Yale Peabody Museum 2014); Florida Keys, Off NW Channel, Near Key West/FL/Gulf of Mexico (1909, USNM 50379, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2014); Dade County, County Causeway/FL/Biscayne Bay (1947, USNM 44065, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2014, 'From Bottom Of Vessel Anchored For 1 Year'); Palm Beach/FL/Atlantic Ocean (1951, USNM 50381, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2014); Fort Pierce/FL/Fort Pierce Inlet (Mook 1983); St. Lucie City/FL/St. Lucie Inlet (Mook 1983); Off Havana/Cuba/Straits Of Florida (1885, USNM 10177, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2014)