Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Records? Guimaraes, Maranhao/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (Young 1994); Sao Jose do Ribamar, Maranhao/Brazil/Baia de Sao Jose (Young 1994); Tutoia, Maranhao/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (Young 1994); Acarau, Ceara/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (Young 1994); Fortaleza, Ceara/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (Young 1994); Aquiraz, Ceara/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (Young 1994). All of Young's records are undated- the introduction probably occurred much earlier.
Geographic Extent
Guimaraes, Maranhao/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (Young 1994); Sao Jose do Ribamar, Maranhao/Brazil/Baia de Sao Jose (Young 1994); Tutoia, Maranhao/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (Young 1994); Acarau, Ceara/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (Young 1994); Fortaleza, Ceara/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (Young 1994); Aquiraz, Ceara/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (Young 1994)
Vectors
Level | Vector |
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Alternate | Hull Fouling |
Alternate | Ballast Water |
Alternate | Natural Dispersal |
Regional Impacts
References
Farrapeira, Cristiane Maria Rocha (2010) Shallow water Cirripedia of the northeastern coast of Brazil: The impact of life history and invasion on biogeography, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 392: 210-219Young, Paulo S. (1994) Superfamily Balanoidea Leach (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha) from the Brazilian coast., Boletim do Museo Nacional (Zoologia) 356: 1-36