Specimen Information

Styela plicata
Styela plicata
(pleated sea squirt)
Tunicates
Exotic

Specimen ID273469
GroupTunicates
GenusStyela
Speciesplicata
Common Namepleated sea squirt
StateCA
CountyOrange
LocalityDana Point Harbor, floats near Marine (Ocean) Institute.
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameAliso-San Onofre
HUC8 Number18070301
HUC10 NameAliso Creek-Frontal Gulf of Santa Catalina
HUC10 Number1807030103
HUC12 NameSalt Creek-Frontal Gulf of Santa Catalina
HUC12 Number180703010302
Map
Collection Day18
Collection Month9
Collection Year1994
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayshipping hull fouling
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:19570
Author:Lambert, C.C., and G. Lambert
Date:2003
Title:Persistence and differential distribution of nonindigenous ascidians in harbors of the Southern California Bight.
Journal:Marine Ecology Progress Series
Volume:259
Pages:145-161
Reference 2
Ref. Number:19569
Author:Lambert, C.C., and G. Lambert
Date:1998
Title:Non-indigenous ascidians in southern California harbors and marinas.
Journal:Marine Biology
Volume:130
Pages:675-688
CommentsCommon
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineMarine
Number Collected~1/m2


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