Invasion
Invasion Description
Sao Paulo region/Brazil/Ubatuba Bay (1996, Mantelatto et al. 1999)
Geographic Extent
Sao Paulo region/Brazil/Ubatuba Bay (1996, Mantelatto et al. 1999); Rio de Janeiro/Brazil/Florianopolis/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (1998, Mantelatto et al. 1999); Sao Paulo state/Brazil/Santos Harbor (2011, Sant'Anna et al. 2012); Sao Vincente Island, Sao Paulo state/Brazil/Bahia do Santos (Sant'Anna et al. 2012, one specimen of C. hellerii misidentified as . C. variegata (Negri and Mantelatto 27); Praia da Cocanha, São Paulo State/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (2007, Bernadochi et al. 2012, in mussel farms with Perna perna); Paraná/Brazil/Paranaguá Bay (Occhi et al. 2019).
Vectors
| Level | Vector |
|---|---|
| Alternate | Ballast Water |
| Alternate | Natural Dispersal |
Regional Impacts
| Ecological Impact | Predation | |
Predation; In laboratory experiments, in Sao Paulo State, Charybdis hellerii showed significant predation on native crabs and mussels (Izar et al. 2023). | ||