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:

North American Invasion History:


Description


Taxonomy

Taxonomic Tree

Kingdom:   Animalia
Phylum:   Arthropoda
Subphylum:   Crustacea
Class:   Malacostraca
Subclass:   Eumalacostraca
Superorder:   Peracarida
Order:   Amphipoda
Suborder:   Caprellidea
Infraorder:   Caprellida
Superfamily:   Caprelloidea
Family:   Caprellidae
Genus:   Paracaprella
Species:   pusilla

Synonyms

Potentially Misidentified Species

Ecology

General:

Food:

Crustacean, phytoplankton, detritus

Trophic Status:

Omnivore

Omni

Habitats

General HabitatMarinas & DocksNone
General HabitatCanalsNone
General HabitatGrass BedNone
General HabitatMangrovesNone
General HabitatOyster ReefNone
General HabitatCoarse Woody DebrisNone
General HabitatRockyNone
Salinity RangePolyhaline18-30 PSU
Salinity RangeEuhaline30-40 PSU
Tidal RangeSubtidalNone
Vertical HabitatEpibenthicNone

Life History


Tolerances and Life History Parameters

Minimum Temperature (ºC)13.4Cadiz, Spain (Ros et al. 2012)
Maximum Temperature (ºC)30Field temperatureParanagua Bay, Brazil (Ros et al. 2014)
Minimum Salinity (‰)17.848 hr LC50 (Ros et al. 2014)
Maximum Salinity (‰)46.348 hr LC50 (Ros et al. 2014)
Minimum Length (mm)3None
Maximum Length (mm)8Male. Females reached 6 mm. The means were 5 mm for males and 4 mm for females, at Mallorca, Spain (Ros et al. 2013)
Broad Temperature RangeNoneWarm Temperate-Tropical
Broad Salinity RangeNonePolyhaline-Euhaline

General Impacts


Regional Distribution Map

Bioregion Region Name Year Invasion Status Population Status
CAR-I Northern Yucatan, Gulf of Mexico, Florida Straits, to Middle Eastern Florida 0 Native Established
SA-II None 0 Native Established
CAR-II None 0 Native Established
CAR-IV None 0 Native Established
CAR-III None 0 Native Established
SEP-H None 2008 Non-native Established
NEA-V None 2011 Non-native Established
EA-III None 0 Non-native Established
WA-V None 1955 Non-native Established
WA-IV None 1937 Non-native Established
CIO-I None 1977 Non-native Established
RS-3 None 1928 Non-native Established
WA-II None 1951 Non-native Established
SP-XXI None 1937 Non-native Established
CIO-II None 0 Non-native Established
CAR-V None 0 Native Established
CAR-VII Cape Hatteras to Mid-East Florida 0 Native Established
SEP-C None 2001 Non-native Established
AUS-XII None 0 Non-native Established
MED-II None 2007 Non-native Established
MED-V None 2010 Non-native Established
PAN_PAC Panama Pacific Coast 2008 Non-native Established
PAN_CAR Panama Caribbean Coast 0 Native Established
NEP-VIII None 2013 Non-native Established

Occurrence Map

OCC_ID Author Year Date Locality Status Latitude Longitude

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