Specimen Information

Cryptosula pallasiana
(a bryozoan)
Bryozoans
Native Transplant

Specimen ID1725
GroupBryozoans
GenusCryptosula
Speciespallasiana
Common Namea bryozoan
StateOR
CountyCoos
LocalityCoos Bay
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameCoos
HUC8 Number17100304
Map
Collection Year1989
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayhitch 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:9269
Author:Hewitt, C.L.
Date:1993
Title:Marine biological invasions: the distributional ecology and interactions between native and introduced encrusting organisms.
Publisher:PhD dissertation, Univ Oregon, Eugene.
Pages:301 pp
CommentsNative to Atlantic coast.
Record TypeLiterature
VerifierC.L. Hewitt
Freshwater/MarineMarine


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