Species Regional Summary
Bugula neritina
None ( SA-I )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record? Falklands-Malvinas Islands/Atlantic Ocean (1943, Hastings 1943, cited by Schwindt et al. 2020)

Geographic Extent

Mar del Plata/Argentina/Atlantic Ocean (Lichtschein de Bastida and Bastida 1980, cited by Orensanz et al. 2002); Cabo Blanco/Argentina/Atlantic Ocean; Comodoora Rivadavio Harbot/, Golfo San Jorge, Atlantic Ocean (2019, Lopez-Gappa et al. 2022); Puerto Deseado/Argentina/Atlanitc Ocean (2019, Lopez-Gappa et al. 2019); Port William/Falkland Islands/Atlantic Ocean (Gappa 2000); Falklands-Malvinas Islands/Atlantic Ocean (1943, Hastings 1943, cited by Schwindt et al. 2020)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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