Species Regional Summary
Halimeda opuntia
_CDA_S206 (Vero Beach) ( S206 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record?:Dry Tortugas/FL/Gulf of Mexico (Taylor, W.R. (1928). The marine algae of Florida with special reference to the Dry Tortugas. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 379: [i-] v, [1]- 219, 3 figs, 7 tables, 37 plates., cited by Guiry and Donncha 2008)

Geographic Extent

Dry Tortugas/FL/Gulf of Mexico (Taylor, W.R. (1928). The marine algae of Florida with special reference to the Dry Tortugas. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 379: [i-] v, [1]- 219, 3 figs, 7 tables, 37 plates., cited by Guiry and Donncha 2008); Boot Key/FL/Gulf of Mexico (1974, USNM 19744, US National Musuem of Natural History 2010)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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