Species Regional Summary
Balanus trigonus
None ( CAR-IV )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: 'West Indies'/Caribbean Sea (1879, Massachusetts, on a ship returning from West Indies, Pilsbry 1916; USNM 51541, US National Museum of Natural History 2012)

Geographic Extent

West Indies/Caribbean Sea (1877, Massachusetts, on a ship returning from West Indies, Pilsbry 1916, USNM 51541, US National Museum of Natural History 2012); Mayaguez/Puerto Rico/Caribbean Sea (Southward 1975); Port Castries/Santa Lucia/Caribbean Sea (Southward 1975)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Ballast Water

Regional Impacts

References

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