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: | Arthropoda | |
Subphylum: | Crustacea | |
Class: | Malacostraca | |
Subclass: | Eumalacostraca | |
Superorder: | Eucarida | |
Order: | Decapoda | |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata | |
Infraorder: | Brachyura | |
Superfamily: | Grapsoidea | |
Family: | Gecarcinidae | |
Genus: | Metopograpsus | |
Species: | oceanicus |
Synonyms
Potentially Misidentified Species
Ecology
Food:
Consumers:
Competitors:
Trophic Status:
Habitats
Tolerances and Life History Parameters
General Impacts
Regional Distribution Map
Bioregion | Region Name | Year | Invasion Status | Population Status |
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SP-XII | None | 1996 | Def | Estab |
SP-XXI | None | 2006 | Def | Estab |
SP-XIII | None | 1989 | Crypto | Estab |
EA-III | None | 0 | Native | Estab |
EAS-VI | None | 0 | Native | Estab |
CIO-IV | None | 0 | Native | Estab |
EAS-I | None | 0 | Native | Estab |
EAS-IV | None | 0 | Native | Estab |
Occurrence Map
OCC_ID | Author | Year | Date | Locality | Status | Latitude | Longitude |
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References
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: 1-202Paulay, Gustan (200) Metopograpsus oceanicus (Crustacea: Brachyura) in Hawaii and Guam: another recent invasive?, Pacific Science 61(2): 295-300
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