Range Expansion of the Green mussel, Perna viridis, along the West Coast of Florida

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Joshua Appleby

Photo Credit: Mote Marine Laboratory


	This is the US Coast Guard Cutter Joshua Appleby, St. Petersburg. Whose crew collected Perna viridis from channel marker buoys in Port of Tampa, Tampa Bay Florida, December 14, 1999. Twenty one (21) specimens were collected; sizes ranged from 19 to 109 mm (.74 to 4.29 inches).