Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Cedar Key/FL/Gulf of Mexico (1887, USNM 6975, US National Museum of Natural History 2010)

Geographic Extent

Fort Pierce/FL/Fort Pierce Inlet, Indian River Lagoon (1976, Mook 1983); St. Lucie City/FL/St. Lucie Inlet, Indian River Lagoon (1976, Mook 1983); Miami area/FL/Biscayne Bay (Wiess 1948; 2004, Ruiz et al., unpublished data); Cedar Key/FL/Gulf of Mexico (1887, USNM 6975, US National Museum of Natural History 2010); Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas/FL/Gulf of Mexico (1880s, USNM 7137, US National Museum of Natural History 2010, undated but specimen number indicates approximate date); Florida Keys, Key West/FL/Gulf of Mexico (1968, USNM 14680, US National Museum of Natural History 2010); Off Florida/FL/Gulf of Mexico (1981, USNM 24470, US National Museum of Natural History 2010); buoys, wall, ranging tower/FL/Tampa Bay (2003, Gretchen Lambert, personal communication); South Padre Island/TX/Lagune Madre (2004, Lambert er al. 2005)