Species Regional Summary
Sphaeroma walkeri
None ( CAR-IV )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st record: San Juan/Puerto Rico/Caribbean Sea (1943, USNM 86473, US National Museum of Natural History 2007)

Geographic Extent

San Juan/Puerto Rico/Caribbean Sea (~1942, 1943, USNM 86473, US National Museum of Natural History 2007; 1966, Menzies and Glynn 1968; Carlton and Iverson 1981; US National Museum of Natural History 2007); San Juan, Wagner's Shipyard/Puerto Rico/Caribbean Sea (USNM 287666, US National Museum of Natural History 2007)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Ballast Water

Regional Impacts

References

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