Specimen Information

Ficopomatus enigmaticus
(Australian tubeworm)
Annelids-Polychaetes
Exotic

Specimen ID1539
GroupAnnelids-Polychaetes
GenusFicopomatus
Speciesenigmaticus
Common NameAustralian tubeworm
StateCA
CountySonoma
LocalityPetaluma River Turning Basin (NW of San Pablo Bay, CA)
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSan Pablo Bay
HUC8 Number18050002
HUC10 NameSan Pablo Bay
HUC10 Number1805000208
HUC12 NameSan Pablo Bay Estuaries
HUC12 Number180500020801
Map
Collection Year1993
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayshipping ballast water
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:10319
Author:Cohen, A.N., and J.T. Carlton.
Date:1995
Title:Nonindigenous Aquatic Species in a United States Estuary, A Case Study of the Biological Invasions of the San Francisco Bay and Delta.
Journal:Report for USFWS, WA DC, and Connecticut Sea Grant
Publisher:A report for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, DC and The National Sea Grant College Program Connecticut Sea Grant.
Pages:246 pp
Reference 2
Ref. Number:9186
Author:Carlton, J.T.
Date:1979
Title:History, Biogeography, and Ecology of the Introduced Marine and Estuarine Invertebrates of the Pacific Coast of North America.
Publisher:University of California
Pages:904
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineMarine


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