Specimen Information

Synidotea laevidorsalis
Synidotea laevidorsalis
(an isopod)
Crustaceans-Isopods
Exotic

Specimen ID4607
GroupCrustaceans-Isopods
GenusSynidotea
Specieslaevidorsalis
Common Namean isopod
StateCA
LocalitySan Francisco Bay (South Bay)
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameSan Pablo Bay
HUC8 Number18050002
Map
Collection Year1986
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayshipping hull fouling
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:9203
Author:Markmann, C.
Date:1986
Title:Benthic monitoring in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: results from 1975 through 1981.
Publisher:Interagency Ecol Stud Prog for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary Tech Rep 12 (WQ/BIO-4ATR/87-12) CA Dept Water Resources, Sacramento, 51 pp.
Reference 3
Ref. Number:9204
Author:Hopkins, D.R.
Date:1986
Title:Atlas of the distributions and abundances of common benthic species in San Francisco Bay, California. Water Resources Investigations Rep 86-4003.
Publisher:U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA.
Pages:26 pp
CommentsYear is publication date of source document.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineMarine


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