Specimen Information

Caecidotea racovitzai
(an asellid isopod)
Crustaceans-Isopods
Native Transplant

Specimen ID161236
GroupCrustaceans-Isopods
GenusCaecidotea
Speciesracovitzai
Common Namean asellid isopod
StateWA
CountySnohomish
LocalitySnohomish River Estuary
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NamePuget Sound
HUC8 Number17110019
Map
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Collection Year1997
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayshipping ballast water
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:14037
Author:Cohen, A.N.
Date:2004
Title:An exotic species detection program for Puget Sound.
Publisher:Puget Sound Action Team.
Pages:52
CommentsPossibly introduced with ballast water or with aquarium or ornamental pond plants.
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recordstate
Freshwater/MarineBrackish


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