Species Regional Summary
Limnoria tripunctata
Northern Yucatan, Gulf of Mexico, Florida Straits, to Middle Eastern Florida ( CAR-I )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

None

Geographic Extent

Fort Pierce/FL/Indian River Lagoon (Menzies 1957); Daytona Beach (Wallour 1960); Miami Beach/FL/Atlantic Ocean (1950, Menzies 1957); Key West/FL/Gulf of Mexico 1948, Menzies 1957); Panama City/FL/Gulf of Mexico (1949, Menzies 1957); MS/Gulf of Mexico (Mississippi Sound?, 1998, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2007); TX/Galveston Bay (1948, Menzies 1957); Freeport/TX/Gulf of Mexico (Wallour 1960); Port Aransas/TX/Gulf of Mexico (1948, Menzies 1957); Corpus Christi/TX/Corpus Christi Bay (Wallour 1960)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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