Species Regional Summary
Teredo furcifera
Northern Yucatan, Gulf of Mexico, Florida Straits, to Middle Eastern Florida ( CAR-I )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: FL/Atlantic Ocean-Gulf of Mexico (as T. parksi, Brown 1953, Wallour 1960)

Geographic Extent

Fort Pierce/FL/Atlantic Ocean (as T. parksi, Wallour 1960); Miami/FL/Atlantic Ocean (as T. parksi, Wallour 1960); Key West/FLAtlantic Ocean-Gulf of Mexico (as T. parksi, Wallour 1960); St. Petersburg/FL/Gulf of Mexico (as T. parksi, Wallour 1960); Tampa/FL/Gulf of Mexico (as T. parksi, Wallour 1960); Panama City/FL/FL/Gulf of Mexico (as T. parksi, Wallour 1960); US Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi/TX/Corpus Christi Bay ( MCZ 170305, Museum of Comparative Zoology 2009); Mariel/Cuba/Gulf of Mexico (O'Brien et al. 2017)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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