Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Coche Island/Venezuela (1939, USNM 85953, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2007)

Geographic Extent

Port of Spain/Trinidad/Caribbean Sea (Southward 1975); Los Gallos Pt./Trinidad/Caribbean Sea (Southward 1975); On Pteria columbus (Atlantic Wing Oyster) dredged 10 m/Trinidad/Gulf of Paria (Bacon 1976); Oil well/Trinidad/Gulf of Paria (Bacon 1976); Concrete culverts, power plant cooling system, Port of Spain/Trinidad/Caribbean Sea (Bacon 1976); Toco/Trinidad/Caribbean Sea (Carapace of Caretta caretta (Loggerhead Turtle), Bacon 1976); Trinidad/Tyrico Bay (Bacon 1976, on gorgonian Psedoplexaura); Curacao/Caracas Bay (Southward 1975); Aruba/Caribbean Sea (Southward 1975); Galeta Point/Panama/Caribbean Sea (1971, Henry and McLaughlin 1975; Southward 1975; Spivey 1976); Cartagena/Colombia/Caribbean Sea (Southward 1975); Isla Margarita/Colombia/Caribbean Sea (Southward 1975; del Monaco and Capelo 2000); Puerto Santo/Venezuela/Caribbean Sea (Southward 1975); Coche Island/Venezuela (1939, USNM 85953, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2007)