Species Regional Summary
Geukensia demissa
None ( CAR-III )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Venezuela/Lake Maracaibo (Romero et al. 2003, 104 specimens collected, Romero et al. 2004; Baez et al. 2005). These records could refer to the similar Gulf of Mexico species G. granosissima.

Geographic Extent

Venezuela/Lake Maracaibo (Romero et al. 2003, 104 specimens collected, Romero et al. 2004); Nazaret, El Mojan, Zulia State/Venezuela/Caribbean Sea (Baez et al. 2005).

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Ballast Water

Regional Impacts

References

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