Species Regional Summary
Tubastraea coccinea
None ( SEP-H )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Perico Island/Panama/Panama Bay (1891, USNM 8055, US National Museum of Natural History 2003)

Geographic Extent

Cocos Island/Costa Rica/Pacific Ocean (US National Museum of Natural History 2003); Cano Island/Costa Rica/Glynn et al. 2008, 9.633333, -84.666667); Perico Island/Panama/Panama Bay (1891, USNM 8055, US National Museum of Natural History 2003); Taboga Island/Panama/Panama Bay (1969, USNM 83658, US National Museum of Natural History 2012); Columbia/Pacific Ocean (von Prahl 1987)

von Prahl 1987. AHERMATYPIC CORALS FROM THE PACIFIC OF COLOMBIA 

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Canal

Regional Impacts

References

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