| Specimen ID | 4533 |
| Group | Crustaceans-Copepods |
| Genus | Limnoithona |
| Species | tetraspina |
| Common Name | a copepod |
| State | CA |
| County | Solano |
| Locality | Suisun Bay at Chipps Island [N of West Pittsburg, CA] |
| Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
| HUC8 Name | Suisun Bay |
| HUC8 Number | 18050001 |
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| Collection Year | 1993 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | shipping ballast water |
| Status | established |
| 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 |
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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 9240 |
| Author: | Orsi, J.J. |
| Date: | 1995 |
| Title: | Radical changes in the estuary's zooplankton caused by introductions from ballast water. |
| Publisher: | Interagency Ecological for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary Newsletter. |
| Volume: | Summer 1995 |
| Pages: | 16-17 |
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| Comments | Native to brackish and fresh waters of Yangtze River. In 1993-94, it replaced Oithona sinensis over its entire range. -J. Orsi. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater-Marine |
