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

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st record: TX/Corpus Christi Bay (Hartman 1952)

Geographic Extent

TX/Corpus Christi Bay (Hartman 1952); Rockport/TX/Aransas Bay (1952, ten Hove and Weerdenburg 1978); Galveston area (Marina Landing Resort; Payco Marina; Port of Texas City; West Bay Marina)/TX/Galveston Bay (Bastida-Zavala et al. 2017); MS/Pascagoula River, Gulf of Mexico (1997, USNM 186522, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2007); FL/Tampa Bay (Ruiz et al., unpublished data); Merritt Island/FL/Banana River (1979, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institiution collections, Fofonoff, unpublished data); FL/Indian River Lagoon (Bastida-Zavala et al. 2017)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Ballast Water

Regional Impacts

Economic ImpactShipping/Boating

Dense fouling and reef-like  structures were observed in one marina in Galveston Bay, but not in others (Fernández-Rodríguez et al. 2023)

 

References

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