Species Regional Summary
Ophiactis savignyi Lineage B
None ( SA-II )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Rio de Janeiro area/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (Lineage A, Roy and Sponer 2002)
1st Record? (Lineage unknown): Santa Catarina/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (1965, USNM E 28675, US National Museum of Natural History 2008)

Geographic Extent

Governador Island, North Of Rio De Janeiro/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (1981, USNM E 23750, US National Museum of Natural History 2008); Santa Catarina/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (1965, USNM E 28675, US National Museum of Natural History 2008); Sao Paulo State/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (Teixeira and Creed 1010)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Ballast Water
Alternate Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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