Invasion History

First Non-native North American Tidal Record:
First Non-native West Coast Tidal Record:
First Non-native East/Gulf Coast Tidal Record:

General Invasion History:

None

North American Invasion History:

Description

None

Taxonomy

Taxonomic Tree

Kingdom:   Animalia
Phylum:   Cnidaria
Class:   Hydrozoa
Subclass:   Hydroidolina
Order:   Leptothecata
Family:   Plumulariidae
Genus:   Plumularia
Species:   setacea

Synonyms

Corallina setacea (Ellis, 1755)
Plumularia setacea (Hincks, 1868)
Plumularia tripartita (von Lendenfield, 1885)
Sertularia setacea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Potentially Misidentified Species

Ecology

Food:

Consumers:

Competitors:

Trophic Status:

Habitats

Tolerances and Life History Parameters

Broad Temperature RangeNoneCold temperate-Warm temperate
Broad Salinity RangeNonePolyhaline-Euhaline

General Impacts

Regional Distribution Map

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References

Deevey, Edward S. (1950) Hydroids from Louisiana and Texas, with remarks on the Pleistocene biogeography of the western Gulf of Mexico, Ecology 31: 334-367

Hewitt, C.L.; Campbell, M.L.; Thresher, R.E.; Martin, R.B. (1999) Marine Biological Invasions of Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, In: (Eds.) . , Hobart, Tasmania. Pp. <missing location>

Kazyak (1998) Pocomoke River Basin: Environmental Assessment of Stream Conditions, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Annapolis. Pp. <missing location>

Vervoort, W.; Vasseur, P (1979) Hydroids from French Polynesia with notes on their distribution and ecology, Zoologische Verhandelingen 159: 1-98