Species Regional Summary
Amathia verticillata
West Mississippi Sound ( G170 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

None

Geographic Extent

Marsh Point/MS/Biloxi Bay (1999, Pederson and Peterson 2002)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

Ecological ImpactHabitat Change
Drifting mats of detached Amathia verticillata form an important habitat for a wide variety of invertebrate taxa on muddy bottoms of Biloxi Bay, Gulf of Mexico (Pederson and Peterson 2002).
 

References

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