Invasion

Invasion Description

1st record: Argentina/La Plata estuary (1914, Schwindt et al. 2020, specimen in Montevideo National Musuem, MACN-In # 33492, collected by M. Doello Jurado in Mar del Plata. See also Pisanó et al. 1972, Caputi et al. 2007 (as Ciona intestinalis type A).

Geographic Extent

Santos/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (Millar 1958); Sao Sebastio/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (1971, de Oliveira Marins et al. 2009); Rio de Janeiro/Brazil/Guanabara Bay (1991, de Oliveira Marins et al. 2009, disappeared, rediscovered in 2008); Arquipélago de Alcatrazes, Sao Paulo State/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (da Rocha and Bonnet 2009, 24°06’S, 45°42’W); MACN-In # 33492, collected by M. Doello Jurado in Mar del Plata. See also Pisanó et al. 1972, Caputi et al. 2007 (as Ciona intestinalis type A).; Teixeira and Creed 2020