Species Regional Summary
Amphibalanus amphitrite
None ( SA-IV )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

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
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: 210-219

Young, Paulo S. (1994) Superfamily Balanoidea Leach (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha) from the Brazilian coast., Boletim do Museo Nacional (Zoologia) 356: 1-36


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