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

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st record?: Captiva Island, off Fort Myers/FL/Gulf of Mexico (1938, MCZ IZ CRU-10120, Museum of Comparative Zoology 2015)

Geographic Extent

FL/Indian River Lagoon (Nelson 1995); FL/Suwanee River Estuary (Mason et al. 1994); ; Extended About 16 Km Offshore From Crystal River /FL/Crystal Bay (5/8/1984. USNM USNM 272640, US National Museum of Natural History 2007); Sarasota/FL/Sarasota Bay (1944, USNM 106777, US National Museum of Natural History 2015); Captiva Island, off Fort Myers/FL/Gulf of Mexico (1938, MCZ IZ CRU-10120, Museum of Comparative Zoology 2015); Grand Isle/LA/Gulf of Mexico (1959, USNM 104800, US National Museum of Natural History 2015); Freeport/TX/Gulf of Mexico (1958, USNM 102282, US National Museum of Natural History 2015); Mexico/Laguna Mandinga (3/31/2019, GBIF 2019, 19.018167, -96.068194)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Ballast Water

Regional Impacts

References

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