Species Regional Summary
Halimeda opuntia
Biscayne Bay ( S200 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record?: Old Rhodes Key/FL/Biscayne Bay (1895, USNM 53508, US National Museum of Natural History 2010)

Geographic Extent

Key Largo/FL/Florida Straits-Biscayne Bay (Kooistra and Verbruggen 2005); Bache Shoals-Key Largo (Lirman and Biber 2000); Coconut Grove, near Coral Gables/FL/Biscayne Bay (1899, USNM 53501, US National Musuem of Natural History 2010); Old Rhodes Key/FL/Biscayne Bay (1895, USNM 53508, US National Museum of Natural History 2010)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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