WoRMS taxon details

Chthamalus fragilis Darwin, 1854

157793  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157793)

accepted
Species
marine
Not documented
Distribution Virginian south side of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras  
Distribution Virginian south side of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras [details]
WoRMS (2024). Chthamalus fragilis Darwin, 1854. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157793 on 2024-04-23
Date
action
by
2005-05-24 07:32:08Z
created
2010-10-22 10:44:16Z
changed
2013-07-03 10:38:20Z
changed

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context source (Introduced species) Fofonoff, P.W.; Ruiz, G.M.; Steves, B.; Carlton, J.T. (2014). National Exotic Marine and Estuarine Species Information System (NEMESIS), available online at http://invasions.si.edu/nemesis [details]   

basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C  [details]   

additional source Gittings, S. R. 2009. Cirripedia (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 827–836 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]   

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species remark In Cape Verdean part of the North Atlantic Ocean : There are no reported impacts of C. fragilis from its introduced range. [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Cape Verdean part of the North Atlantic Ocean : Natural dispersal
O'Riordan et al. (2010) attributed this occurrence to plate tectonic events, noting fossil and recent faunal similarities of this region with the Western Atlantic. [details]

From other sources
Distribution Virginian south side of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras [details]