Species Regional Summary
Hydroides elegans
None ( WA-IV )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st record: Luanda/Angola/Atlantic Ocean (Kirkegard 1959, cited by Zibrowius 1971; Pestana et al. 2017)

Geographic Extent

Luanda/Angola/Atlantic Ocean (Kirkegard 1959, cited by Zibrowius 1971; Pestana et al. 2017); Cape Town/South Africa/Table Bay (Atlantic Ocean) (1970, Mead et al. 2011)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Ballast Water
Alternate Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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