Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID257256
GroupCrustaceans-Isopods
GenusCaecidotea
Speciesracovitzai
Common Namean asellid isopod
StateCA
CountySacramento
LocalitySacramento/San Joaquin River Delta, Kimball Island, just of Sherman Island, restoring wetland.
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameLower Sacramento
HUC8 Number18020163
Map
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Collection Month6
Collection Year1998
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayshipping ballast water | hitch hiker on aquatic plants?
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:13720
Author:Toft, J.D., J.R. Cordell, and W.C. Fields
Date:2002
Title:New records of crustaceans (Amphipoda, Isopoda) in the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta, California, and application of criteria for introduced species.
Journal:Journal of Crustacean Biology
Volume:22
Issue:1
Pages:190-200
Record TypeLiterature
VerifierDr. Doug G. Smith (University of Massachusetts)
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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