Species Regional Summary
Limnoria tripunctata
San Diego Bay ( P020 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: San Diego/CA/San Diego Bay? (1876, USNM 2286, collected by R. Hemphill, re-identifed as L. tripunctata by Menzies, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2007); Note- Specimen label just says "San Diego".

Geographic Extent

San Diego/CA/San Diego Bay? (1876, USNM 2286, collected by R. Hemphill, re-identifed as L. tripunctata by Menzies, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2007); San Diego/CA/San Diego Bay (Menzies 1954, Menzies and Widrig 1955; deVos and Stock 1956; Johnson and Menzies 1956; Menzies 1961, all cited by Carlton 1979);

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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