Specimen Information

Barentsia benedeni
(an entoproct)
Entoprocts
Exotic

Specimen ID1696
GroupEntoprocts
GenusBarentsia
Speciesbenedeni
Common Namean entoproct
StateCA
CountyAlameda
LocalityLake Merritt, Oakland
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSan Francisco Bay
HUC8 Number18050004
HUC10 NameSan Francisco Bay
HUC10 Number1805000410
HUC12 NameSan Francisco Bay Estuaries
HUC12 Number180500041001
Map
Collection Year1929
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayshipping hull fouling | hitch hiker with oysters
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
CommentsNative to Europe. Collected as Ascopodaria gracilis. Often confused with the native B. gracilis.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineMarine


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