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

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record (Lineage unknown): Pernambuco State/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (1875, USNM 33898, US National Museum of Natural History 2011)

Geographic Extent

Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (lineage A, Roy and Sponer 2002); Pernambuco/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (1875, USNM 33898, US National Museum of Natural History 2008); Abrolhos Islands, Bahia/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (1887, USNM 33705, US National Museum of Natural History 2008); Maceio, Alagoas state/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (Lima et al. 2011)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Ballast Water

Regional Impacts

References

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