Species Regional Summary
Ligia exotica
None ( WA-II )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Liberia/Atlantic Ocean (1930, USNM 63001, United States Museum of Natural History 2008);

Geographic Extent

Liberia/Atlantic Ocean (1930, USNM 63001, United States Museum of Natural History 2008); Port Harcourt/Nigeria/Gulf of Guinea (1977, USNM 184997, United States Museum of Natural History 2008); Lagos/Nigeria/Lagoon of Lagos ( Zabi and Leloeuf1985, very common on rocks and woody debris); Congo/Gulf of Guinea (Brian and Darteville 1949, cited by Biain and Darteville, cited by Zabi and Leloeuf1985)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Cargo
Probable Dry Ballast

Regional Impacts

References

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