Species Regional Summary
Amathia verticillata
None ( NEP-VIII )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record? Mazatlan/Mexico/Olas Altas Bay (Pacfic Ocean) (1958, Alvarez-Leon and Banta 1984)

Geographic Extent

Mazatlan/Mexico/Olas Altas Bay (Pacfic Ocean) (1958, Alvarez-Leon and Banta 1984); Mazatlán area, Sinaloa/Mexico/Sirena and Urias estuaries, Mazatlán Bay (Tovar-Hernadez et al. 2012); Oaxaca/Mexico/Puerto Ángel Bay, .(12/2014,Puerto Ángel Bay, Christopher Cruz-Gómez and Karla J. Humara-Gil,, Humara-Gil et al. 2019); Santa Cruz Bay (15°45?07? N, 096°07?52? W), ; Oaxaca/Mexico/Santa Cruz Bay (2/2018, Christopher Cruz-Gómez and Karla J. Humara-Gil, November 2017; obs. Christopher CruzGómez and Yessica Chávez-Lópe. Humara-Gil et al. 2019); : La Blanca Island/Oaxaca/Mexico/Pacific Ocean (15°45?24? N, 096°06?45? W), obs. Christopher Cruz-Gómez, February 2018., Humara-Gil et al. 2019)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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