Sabellastarte sp.

Invasion History

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

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General Invasion History:

None

North American Invasion History:

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Description

None

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Taxonomy

Ecology

Food:

Phytoplankton, detritus

Trophic Status:

Suspension Feeder

SusFed

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Habitats

General Habitat	Coral reef	None
General Habitat	Rocky	None
General Habitat	Vessel Hull	None
General Habitat	Marinas & Docks	None
Salinity Range	Euhaline	30-40 PSU
Tidal Range	Subtidal	None
Vertical Habitat	Epibenthic	None

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Tolerances and Life History Parameters

Minimum Duration	6	Larval development in laboratoryy, 27 C, 36 ppt Bybee et a. 2006)
Maximum Duration	7	Larval development in laboratoryy, 27 C, 36 ppt Bybee et a. 2006)
Broad Temperature Range	None	Warm Temperate-Tropical
Broad Salinity Range	None	Euhaline

General Impacts

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Regional Impacts

SP-XXI	None		Economic Impact	Fisheries
Heavily harvested for the aquarium trade in the Hawaiian Islands 'Walsh et al. (2003) noted that between 1976 and 2003, no fewer than 741,949 specimens of this brightly-colored worm were harvested for the aquarium trade, for a value of $860,362. Bybee et al. (2006b) remark that it “has become one of the most harvested marine ornamental species” in Hawai‘i, and that “corals and other components of the reef community are often damaged by collectors.” (Carlton and Eldredge 2009)
HI	Hawaii		Economic Impact	Fisheries
Heavily harvested for the aquarium trade in the Hawaiian Islands 'Walsh et al. (2003) noted that between 1976 and 2003, no fewer than 741,949 specimens of this brightly-colored worm were harvested for the aquarium trade, for a value of $860,362. Bybee et al. (2006b) remark that it “has become one of the most harvested marine ornamental species” in Hawai‘i, and that “corals and other components of the reef community are often damaged by collectors.” (Carlton and Eldredge 2009)

References

Bailey-Brock, Julie H. (2003) Coral reef polychaetes of Guam and Saipan, Mariana Islands, Micronesica 35-36: 200-217

Bybee. David R.; Bailey-Brock, Julie H.; Tamaru, Clyde S. (2006) Larval development of Sabellastarte spectabilis (Grube, 1878) (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) in Hawaiian waters, Scientia Marina 70(S3): 279-286

Cangussu, Leonardo Caparroz (2008) <missing title>, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitaba, Brazil. Pp. <missing location>

Capa, María; Bybee, David R.; Bybee, Seth M. (2010) Establishing species and species boundaries in Sabellastarte Krøyer, 1856 (Annelida: Sabellidae): an integrative approach, Organisms, Diversity and Evolution 10: 351-371

Carlton, James T.; Eldredge, Lucius (2009) Marine bioinvasions of Hawaii: The introduced and cryptogenic marine and estuarine animals and plants of the Hawaiian archipelago., Bishop Museum Bulletin in Cultural and Environmental Studies 4: 1-202

Coles, S. L. ; Kandel, F. L. M.;Reath, P. A.; Longenecker, K.; Eldredge, L. G. (2006) Rapid assessment of nonindigenous marine species on coral reefs in the main Hawaiian islands., Pacific Science 60(4): 483-507

Coles, S. L.; DeFelice, R. C.; Eldredge, L. G.; Carlton, J. T. (1999b) Historical and recent introductions of non-indigenous marine species into Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands., Marine Biology 135(1): 147-158

Coles, S. L.; Reath, P. R.; Longenecker, K.; Bolick, Holly; Eldredge, L. G. (2004) <missing title>, Hawai‘i Community Foundation and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu. Pp. 1-187

Eldredge, L. G.; Smith, C. M. (2001) Introduced marine species of Hawaii, Bishop Museum Technical Report 21: 1-60

Knight-Jones, Phyllis; Mackie, Andrew S. Y. (2003) A revision of Sabellastarte (Polychaeta: Sabellidae), Journal of Natural History 37(19): 2269-2301

Paulay, Gustav; Kirkendale, Lisa; Lambert, Gretchen; Meyer, Chris (2002) Anthropogenic biotic interchange in a coral reef ecosystem: a case study from Guam, Pacific Science 56(2): 403-422

U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2002-2021 Invertebrate Zoology Collections Database. http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/iz/

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