Specimen Information

Cordylophora caspia
Cordylophora caspia
(freshwater hydroid)
Coelenterates-Hydrozoans
Exotic

Specimen ID1824
GroupCoelenterates-Hydrozoans
GenusCordylophora
Speciescaspia
Common Namefreshwater hydroid
StateCA
CountyContra Costa
LocalitySan Joaquin River at Antioch, CA
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameSan Joaquin Delta
HUC8 Number18040003
Map
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Collection Year1930
Year AccuracyEstimated
Potential Pathwayshipping ballast water | shipping 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:9187
Author:Hand, C., and G.F. Gwilliam
Date:1951
Title:New distributional records for two athecate hydroids, Cordylophora lacustris and Candelabrum sp. from the west coast of North America, with revisions of their nomenclature.
Journal:Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences
Volume:41
Pages:206-209
CommentsYear is approximate.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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