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
SP-XII None 1996 Non-native Established
SP-XXI None 2006 Non-native Established
SP-XIII None 1989 Crypogenic Established
EA-III None 0 Native Established
EAS-VI None 0 Native Established
CIO-IV None 0 Native Established
EAS-I None 0 Native Established
EAS-IV None 0 Native Established

Occurrence Map

OCC_ID Author Year Date Locality Status Latitude Longitude

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: 1-202

Paulay, 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