Species Regional Summary
Sphaeroma walkeri
Indian River ( S190 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Ponce de Leon (Daytona Beach)/FL/Atlantic Ocean (1943, Miller 1968)

Geographic Extent

Ponce de Leon (Daytona Beach)/FL/Atlantic Ocean (1943, Miller 1968); L/Indian River, Near Mouth Of St. Sebastian River (1996, USNM 280458, US National Museum of Natural History 2007); Sebastian River Inlet/FL/Indian River Lagoon (1982, Nelson and Demetriades 1992); Vero Beach/FL/Indian River Lagoon (1965, USNM 184405, US National Museum of Natural History 2007); Patrick Air Force Base. Brevard County/FL/Indian River Lagoon (1965, USNM 184406, US National Museum of Natural History 2007); Hutchinson Island (Fort Pierce)/FL/Indian River Lagoon (1975, Carlton and Iverson 1981); S Of South Jetty, Fort Pierce/FL/Fort Pierce Inlet, Indian River Lagoon (USNM 280162, US National Museum of Natural History 2007)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Ballast Water
Alternate Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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