Species Regional Summary
Megabalanus coccopoma
None ( EA-IV )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Records- Barges and buoys/Richards Bay and Cape Vida/Kwa Zulu/South Africa (2010, Pfaff et al. 2022)

Geographic Extent

Barges and buoys/Richards Bay and Cape Vidal/Kwa Zulu/South Africa (2010, Pfaff et al. 2022); Jesser Point, Kwa Zulu/South Africa (2010, Pfaff et al. 2022, rocky intertidal); Clansthal, Kwa Zulu/South Africa (2010, Pfaff et al. 2022, rocky intertidal).  Intact barnacles are rare, but shells are common.

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Ballast Water
Alternate Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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