Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Matheson Hammock/FL/Biscayne Bay (1950, Provenszano 1961, cited by Gore and Grizzle 1974)

Occurrences of Callinectes bocourti on the Atlantic coast of Florida and northward probably result from transport by the Gulf Stream and its meanders (Williams and Williams 1981). Occurrences in the inner Gulf of Mexico are more likely to be due to ballast water transport of larvae (Perry and Yeager 2006; USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2009).

Geographic Extent

MS/Biloxi Bay (1973, Perry 1973); Jackson County/MS/Davis Bayou (1997, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2009); AL/Mobile Bay (2000, Center for Aquatic Resource Studies 2009); Collier County/FL/Fakahatchee Bay, Gulf of Mexico (2005, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2009); N Of Route 60 On W Bank, Vero Beach/FL/Indian River Lagoon (1973, USNM 149178, United States National Museum of Natural History 2009; Gore and Grizzle 1974); Melbourne/FL/Eau Gallie River (1988, USNM 229976, United States National Museum of Natural History 2009); off south Florida, Broward County/FL/Atlantic Ocean, R/V Pillsbury station 804 (USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2009, collected in 234 m of water); Matheson Hammock/FL/Biscayne Bay (1950, Provenszano 1961, cited by Gore and Grizzle 1974); seaward side of salinity dam off Cutler Road, Miami-Dade County/FL/Biscayne Bay (1969, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2009)