Species Regional Summary
Tubastraea coccinea
None ( CAR-IV )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Puerto Rico/Caribbean Sea (1953, Fenner 2001, probably before 1943)

Geographic Extent

Puerto Rico/Caribbean Sea (1953, Fenner 2001); St. Croix/US Virgin Islands/Caribbean Sea (1977, Fenner 2001); St. John Island, Stevens Cay Reef/US Virgin Islands/Caribbean Sea (1968, USNM 61849, US National Museum of Natural History 2003); St. John US Virgin Islands/Caribbean Sea (2000, Fenner 2001); Anegada/British Virgin Islands/Caribbean Sea (1979, Fenner 2001); Saba/St. Kitts and Nevis/Caribbean Sea (1971, Fenner 2001; Hoeksema et al. 2011); St. Barthelmy/St. Kitts and Nevis/Caribbean Sea (1990, Fenner 2001); St. Martin/St. Kitts and Nevis/Caribbean Sea (1975, Fenner 2001); Guadeloupe/Caribbean Sea (1990, Fenner 2001)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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