Species Regional Summary
Watersipora subtorquata
None ( RS-3 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Egypt/Suez Canal (1924, Hastings 1927, cited by Eitan 1972, as W. cucullata)

Geographic Extent

Egypt/Suez Canal (1924, Hastings 1927, cited by Eitan, 1972, as W. cucullata); Port Taufiq/Egypt/Suez Canal; El Qantara/Egypt/Suez Canal; Egypt/Little Bitter Lake/Suez Canal; Elat/Red Sea (Sternhell et al. 2002)

Bryozoans recruited onto aluminum-based galvanic couples in the Red Sea off Elat, Israel. Sternhell,-Galia; Taylor,-Paul-D; Itzhak,-David . Israel-Journal-of-Zoology. 2002; 48(3): 221-233); . Red Sea (Vieira wt al. 2014, NHMUK 1885.1.26.6–7, dry, Watersipora subovoidea, Red Sea, A. Carpenter Esq. N)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

Full Reference List for Watersipora subtorquata

  • Nemesis (current)
  • Marine Invasions Lab
  • Partner Portals
    Nemesis California Panama Galapagos Cocos Island NP JTMD
    Archived Projects
    Chesapeake
  • Browse Species
    Taxonomic Groups All Species
  • Browse Regions
    States
    Alaska
    Bioregions & Bays
  • News
  • login

Direct questions and comments to nemesis@si.edu.

©