Species Regional Summary
Limnoria quadripunctata
None ( SEP-B )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Valparaiso/Chile/Pacific Ocean (1967, Antezana 1968)

Geographic Extent

Valparaiso/Chile/Pacific Ocean (1967, Antezana 1968); Los Vilos to Punta Loncoyén/Chile/Pacific Ocean (Haye et al. 2012, 32.02 S to 39.82, in holdfasts of the kelp Macrocystis pyrifera)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Natural Dispersal

Regional Impacts

References

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