African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1830

WoRMS taxon details

Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1830

Tubastraea coccinea, small colony

AphiaID

291251 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291251)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Coenopsammia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Dendrophyllia (Coenopsammia) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Tubastraea Lesson, 1830

Parent

Tubastraea Lesson, 1830

Original name

Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1830

Synonymised names

Astropsammia pedersenii Verrill, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Caryophyllia aurantiaca (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Caryophyllia calycularis Lamarck, 1836 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cladocora calycularis (Lamarck, 1836) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Coenopsammia affinis (Duncan, 1889) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Coenopsammia coccinea (Lesson, 1830) · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)

Coenopsammia ehrenbergiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Coenopsammia gaimardi Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Coenopsammia manni Verrill, 1866 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Coenopsammia radiata Verrill, 1864 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Coenopsammia tenuilamellosa Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Coenopsammia urvillii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Dendrophyllia (Coenopsammia) affinis Duncan, 1889 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Dendrophyllia affinis Duncan, 1889 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Dendrophyllia aurantiaca Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Dendrophyllia circularis Verrill, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (amended spelling)

Dendrophyllia coccinea (Lesson, 1830) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Dendrophyllia ehrenbergiana (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Dendrophyllia manni (Verrill, 1866) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Dendrophyllia radiata (Verrill, 1864) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Dendrophyllia surcularis Verrill, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (incorrect original spelling)

Dendrophyllia tenuilamellosa (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Dendrophyllia turbinata Nemenzo, 1960 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Lobopsammia darwini Duncan, 1876 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Pachypsammia valida Verrill, 1866 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling)

Pachysammia valida Verrill, 1866 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Placopsammia darwini Duncan, 1876 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Tubastaea coccinea Lesson, 1830 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Tubastraea pedersenii (Verrill, 1869) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Tubastraea tenuilamellosa (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Tubastrea circularis (Verrill, 1869) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (amended spelling)

Tubastrea coccinea Lesson, 1830 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Tubastrea coccinia Lesson, 1930 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Tubastrea turbinata (Nemenzo, 1960) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Tubastreae coccinea Lesson, 1830 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

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Subspecies Tubastraea coccinea titijimaensis Eguchi, 1968 accepted as Cladopsammia gracilis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subspecies Tubastraea coccinea titjimaensis Eguchi, 1968 accepted as Cladopsammia gracilis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, misspelling)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Lesson, R.P. (1830). Voyage autour du monde : exécuté par ordre du roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, la Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824, et 1825, par M. L.I. Duperrey. Zoologie 2,. Paris, 1826-1830. (vol. 2, pt 2, 2e division, 1830)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663489 [details]

Type data

Holotype MNHN, verbatimGeounit Bora Bora, Society I...

Holotype MNHN, verbatimGeounit Bora Bora, Society I... [details]

, Note Bora Bora, Society Islands

Type locality Bora Bora, Society Islands [details]

Descriptive notes

Depth range 0-110 m

Depth range 0-110 m [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291251 on 2025-07-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

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van der Land, Jacob

2010-08-13 14:02:33Z

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Cairns, Stephen

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Hoeksema, Bert

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Hoeksema, Bert

2022-05-27 05:18:02Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

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Nomenclature

original description Lesson, R.P. (1830). Voyage autour du monde : exécuté par ordre du roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, la Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824, et 1825, par M. L.I. Duperrey. Zoologie 2,. Paris, 1826-1830. (vol. 2, pt 2, 2e division, 1830)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663489 [details]

original description (of Dendrophyllia aurantiaca Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]

original description (of Dendrophyllia surcularis Verrill, 1869) Verrill, A. E. (1869). On New and imperfectly known Echinoderms and Corals. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory. 12: 381-391., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9494023#page/389/mode/1up [details]

original description (of Dendrophyllia turbinata Nemenzo, 1960) Nemenzo F (1960) Systematic studies on Philippine shallow water scleractinians: IV. Suborder Dendrophylliida. Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines 18: 1-22. [details]

original description (of Coenopsammia ehrenbergiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 3. Monographie des eupsammides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3. 10: 65-114, pls. 5-9. [details]

original description (of Coenopsammia gaimardi Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 3. Monographie des eupsammides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3. 10: 65-114, pls. 5-9. [details]

original description (of Coenopsammia tenuilamellosa Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 3. Monographie des eupsammides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3. 10: 65-114, pls. 5-9. [details]

original description (of Coenopsammia urvillii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 3. Monographie des eupsammides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3. 10: 65-114, pls. 5-9. [details]

original description (of Coenopsammia radiata Verrill, 1864) Verrill, A. E. (1864). List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 1: 29-60., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587563 [details]

original description (of Coenopsammia manni Verrill, 1866) Verrill AE. (1866). Synopsis of the polyps and corals of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under Commodore C. Ringgold and Capt. John Rodgers, U.S.N., from 1853 to 1856. Collected by Dr. Wm. Stimpson, Naturalist to the Expedition. With descriptions of some additional species from the west coast of North America. Part III. Madreporaria. Communications of the Essex Institute, Salem. 5(3): 17-50, pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33204514 [details]

original description (of Astropsammia pedersenii Verrill, 1869) Verrill, A. E. (1869). On New and imperfectly known Echinoderms and Corals. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory. 12: 381-391., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9494023#page/389/mode/1up [details]

original description (of Placopsammia darwini Duncan, 1876) Duncan PM. (1876). Notices of some Deep-sea and Littoral Corals from the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, Indian, New-Zealand, Persian Gulf, and Japanese &c. Seas. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 44: 428-442, pls. 38-41., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29099627#page/524/mode/1up [details]

original description (of Caryophyllia calycularis Lamarck, 1836) Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1836). Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent, par J. B. P. A. de Lamarck. Deuxième édition, Tome deuxième. Histoire des Polypes. J. B. Baillière: Paris. 683 pp. + errata (1 p. unpaginated). In: J. B. P. A. Lamarck. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertebres. Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64022 [details]

original description (of Dendrophyllia (Coenopsammia) affinis Duncan, 1889) Duncan PM. (1889). On the Madreporaria of the Mergui Archipelago collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta by Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S., Superintendent of the Museum. Journal of the Linnaean Society, London. 21: 1-25., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1886.tb00967.x [details]

original description (of Pachysammia valida Verrill, 1866) Verrill AE. (1866). Synopsis of the polyps and corals of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under Commodore C. Ringgold and Capt. John Rodgers, U.S.N., from 1853 to 1856. Collected by Dr. Wm. Stimpson, Naturalist to the Expedition. With descriptions of some additional species from the west coast of North America. Part III. Madreporaria. Communications of the Essex Institute, Salem. 5(3): 17-50, pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33204514 [details]

basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

redescription Cairns, S. D. (1991). A Revision of the Ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 504; 44 pp. [details] Available for editors

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redescription Cairns, S.D. (1994). Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 557: 1-150. [details] Available for editors

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype MNHN, verbatimGeounit Bora Bora, Society I... [details]

Nontype (of Dendrophyllia manni (Verrill, 1866)) VMM, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Dendrophyllia turbinata Nemenzo, 1960) MSI C-670, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Tubastraea tenuilamellosa (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)) AHF 69.1, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Tubastraea tenuilamellosa (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)) AHF 69.10, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Tubastraea tenuilamellosa (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)) AHF 69.2, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Tubastraea tenuilamellosa (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)) AHF 69.3, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Tubastraea tenuilamellosa (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)) AHF 69.4, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Tubastraea tenuilamellosa (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)) AHF 69.5, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Tubastraea tenuilamellosa (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)) AHF 69.6, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Tubastraea tenuilamellosa (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)) AHF 69.7, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Tubastraea tenuilamellosa (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)) AHF 69.8 [details]

Nontype (of Tubastraea tenuilamellosa (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)) AHF 69.9, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype CAS 66640, geounit Cape Verdean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype CAS 66644, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype CAS 66648, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype HLD X2: 127-63, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype HLD X2: 127-64 (1,2), geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype HLD X2: 127-69, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype HLD X2: 153-4, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype IRCZM [details]

Nontype NMV F78384, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype NMV F78386, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype NTM C7250, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype SAMA H876, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype UAZM Coel. 586, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype USNM 77258, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype USNM 77263, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype USNM 77264-5, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype USNM 77266, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype USNM 79139, geounit Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype USNM 79141, geounit Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype USNM 83640, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype USNM 83645, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype USNM 83649, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype USNM 83652, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype USNM 83652, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype USNM 83667, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype USNM 83687, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype USNM 83688, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype USNM 83689, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype USNM 83690, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype USNM 83691, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype USNM 83696 [details]

Nontype USNM 84850 [details]

Nontype USNM 91836, geounit Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype USNM 91837, geounit Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype USNM 97645, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype USNM, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype UWA 411-78, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 116-81 [details]

Nontype WAM 128-73, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 139-58, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 140-78, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 141-58, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 148-91, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 155-91, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 16-59, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 192-78 [details]

Nontype WAM 211-77, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 23-59, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 31-73, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 392-80 [details]

Nontype WAM 455-79 [details]

Nontype WAM 465-78 [details]

Nontype WAM 48-72, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 550-79, geounit High Seas [details]

Nontype WAM 64-78, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 69-78, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 70-78, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 88-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type CAS, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]

Unknown type MNRJ 4447, geounit Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type MNRJ 4743, geounit Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type MNRJ 4744, geounit Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type ORI, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type RSMAS, geounit Netherlands Antilles [details]

Unknown type RSMAS, geounit Puerto Rican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type USNM 83644, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type USNM 83657, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type USNM 91428, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type USNM 91429 [details]

Unknown type USNM 92851, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type USNM 92852, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type ZMUC, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

From editor or global species database

Type locality Bora Bora, Society Islands [details]

From regional or thematic species database

Introduced species impact Brazilian part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region): Alters trophic interactions [details]

Introduced species impact Brazilian part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region): Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]

Introduced species impact in Gulf of Mexico (IHO Sea Area) : Alters trophic interactions [details]

Introduced species impact in Gulf of Mexico (IHO Sea Area) : Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]

Introduced species impact Brazilian part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Overall, results suggest a negative tipping point
between partial to nearly full coral cover, especially at sites where physically complex macroalgae, capable to retain sediments and hence the invertebrates therein, are displaced by the establishment and growth of sun-coral colonies. As important prey for reef fishes, the collapse of small crustacean populations may alter whole-reef ecosystem functioning and negatively impact local fisheries. [details]

Introduced species impact Brazilian part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Alters trophic interactions [details]

Introduced species impact in Brazilian part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) : Adverse habitat modification [details]

Introduced species management Brazilian part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) We conclude that Vinegar/acetic acid (V/AA) is an effective agent for killing Tubastraea spp. and most other aquatic organisms, can be applied using different methods and in different environments for controlling: (1) invasive or outbreak species; and (2) biofouling by native or invasive species on aquaculture systems and vectors. V/AA may be used applied pre-border to shipping vectors potentially transporting non-indigenous marine biofouling species such as Tubastraea spp. [details]

Introduced species remark Brazilian part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region): A number of impacts have been studied in Brazilian waters, including: competition and overgrowth of native corals (Creed 2006; Silva et al. 2011); how settlement affects food webs by replacing hermatypic corals (containing symbiotic algae, relying partly on photosynthesis for nutrition) with corals which are exclusively carnivorous (Silva et al. 2011); and the inhibition of feeding by coral reef fishes (Lages et al. 2011). [details]

Introduced species remark In Gulf of Mexico (IHO Sea Area) : In US waters, it has largely been confined to artificial substrates such as oil platforms, shipwrecks, and artificial reefs, but its spread to coral reefs is a concern, particularly in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. This species may compete with and overgrow native corals, potentially affecting food webs and altering the feeding habits of reef fish. [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Gulf of Guinea (IHO Sea Area) : Hull fouling has probably been the major vector of transport between distant ocean regions, but the larvae can remain competent for 100 days, permitting regional dispersal by currents (Fenner 2001). Disposal by aquarists is a potential vector for future invasions (Shearer 2011). [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Gulf of Mexico (IHO Sea Area) : Potential for spread via oil tanker fouling communities. [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Mexico (Nation) : Potential for spread via oil tanker fouling communities. [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Gulf of Mexico (IHO Sea Area) : Potential for spread via oil tanker fouling communities. [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Mexico (Nation) : Potential for spread via oil tanker fouling communities. [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Belizean part of the Caribbean Sea : Hull fouling has probably been the major vector of transport between distant ocean regions, but the larvae can remain competent for 100 days, permitting regional dispersal by currents (Fenner 2001). Disposal by aquarists is a potential vector for future invasions (Shearer 2011). [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal Brazilian part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region): Hull fouling has probably been the major vector of transport between distant ocean regions, but the larvae can remain competent for 100 days, permitting regional dispersal by currents (Fenner 2001). Disposal by aquarists is a potential vector for future invasions (Shearer 2011). [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Cape Verdean part of the North Atlantic Ocean : Hull fouling has probably been the major vector of transport between distant ocean regions, but the larvae can remain competent for 100 days, permitting regional dispersal by currents (Fenner 2001). Disposal by aquarists is a potential vector for future invasions (Shearer 2011). [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Caribbean Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Hull fouling has probably been the major vector of transport between distant ocean regions, but the larvae can remain competent for 100 days, permitting regional dispersal by currents (Fenner 2001). Disposal by aquarists is a potential vector for future invasions (Shearer 2011). [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Gulf of Mexico (IHO Sea Area) : Hull fouling has probably been the major vector of transport between distant ocean regions, but the larvae can remain competent for 100 days, permitting regional dispersal by currents (Fenner 2001). Disposal by aquarists is a potential vector for future i [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Jamaican part of the Caribbean Sea : Hull fouling has probably been the major vector of transport between distant ocean regions, but the larvae can remain competent for 100 days, permitting regional dispersal by currents (Fenner 2001). Disposal by aquarists is a potential vector for future invasions (Shearer 2011). [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal Galapagos part of the South Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms
[details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Brazilian part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) : Natural dispersal [details]

Unreviewed

Biology azooxanthellate [details]

Depth range 0-110 m [details]

Definitions