Species Regional Summary
Diplosoma listerianum
None ( SP-XVI )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Palmyra Atoll/Pacific Ocean (1962, Eldredge 1966, cryptogenic?)

Geographic Extent

Palmyra Atoll/Pacific Ocean (1962, Eldredge 1966, cryptogenic?); Papeete/Tahiti/Papeete Harbor (Monniot et al. 1985, introduced, abundant in aquaculture tanks. A chromatographic analysis of 'organic extracts' by Patrica Ireland indicated that these colonies were conspecific with those from the English Channel and Mediterranean (Monniot et al. 1985)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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