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WRiMS name detailsGarveia franciscana (Torrey, 1902)
117340 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117340)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
Bimeria franciscana Torrey, 1902 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish,
recent only
(of Bimeria franciscana Torrey, 1902) Torrey H.B. (1902). The Hydroida of the Pacific Coast of North America. <em>University of California Publications Zoology.</em> 1: 1-104, pls 1-11., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29942277
page(s): 28, pl. 1 fig. 4 [details] 
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Garveia franciscana (Torrey, 1902). Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stepien, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117340 on 2026-02-16
Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Garveia franciscana (Torrey, 1902). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117340 on 2026-02-16
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original description
(of Bimeria franciscana Torrey, 1902) Torrey H.B. (1902). The Hydroida of the Pacific Coast of North America. <em>University of California Publications Zoology.</em> 1: 1-104, pls 1-11., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29942277
page(s): 28, pl. 1 fig. 4 [details] context source (Introduced species) Fofonoff, P.W.; Ruiz, G.M.; Steves, B.; Carlton, J.T. (2014-2024). National Exotic Marine and Estuarine Species Information System (NEMESIS). , available online at http://invasions.si.edu/nemesis [details] context source (Schelde) (2010). Bedreiging voor biodiversiteit. Indicatoren voor het Schelde-estuarium. <em>Opgemaakt in opdracht van Afdeling Maritieme Toegang, projectgroep EcoWaMorSe, Vlaams Nederlandse Scheldecommissie. VLIZ Information Sheets, 200. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ): Oostende.</em> 7 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source 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 Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420037449.ch8 [details] Available for editors  additional source Vervoort, W. (1964). Note on the distribution of Garveia franciscana (Torrey, and Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) in the Netherlands. <em>Zool. Meded., Leiden.</em> 39: 125-146., available online at http://dare.uva.nl/cgi/arno/show.cgi?fid=149663 page(s): 127 [details] Available for editors additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors additional source Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 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 Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A., A. Marchini, G. Cantone, A. Castelli, C. Chimenz, M. Cormaci, C. Froglia, G. Furnari, M.C. Gambi, G. Giaccone, A. Giangrande, C. Gravil, F. Mastrototaro, C. Mazziotti, L. Orsi-Relini & S. Piraino. (2010). Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 13(1): 215-237., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9803-y [details] Available for editors additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details] additional source Marchini, A., J. Ferrario, A. Sfriso & A. Occhipinti-Ambrogi. (2015). Current status and trends of biological invasions in the Lagoon of Venice, a hotspot of marine NIS introductions in the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 17:2943–2962., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-015-0922-3 [details] Available for editors source of synonymy Calder, D. R. (2019). On a collection of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the southwest coast of Florida, USA. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4689(1): 1-141., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4689.1.1 page(s): 22 [details] redescription Schuchert, P. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364. page(s): 224, fig. 209 [details] Available for editors redescription Schuchert, P. (2007). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 2. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 114: 195-396., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.80395 page(s): 253, fig. 22 [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species abundance in Adriatic Sea (IHO Sea Area) : abundant (Mizzan 1999) [details]Introduced species abundance in Black Sea (IHO Sea Area) : widespread and abundant [details] Introduced species abundance in Panamanian part of the Caribbean Sea (Marine Region) : Abundant in the Gatun Locks in 1924 [details] Introduced species impact in Sea of Azov (IHO Sea Area) : Loss of aquaculture/commercial/recreational harvest or gain [details] Introduced species impact in Ukraine (Nation) : Loss of aquaculture/commercial/recreational harvest or gain [details] Introduced species remark In Sea of Azov (IHO Sea Area) : Fouling of power plants and other industrial water systems by G. franciscana has been reported from Chesapeake Bay (Cory 1967; Virginia Power 1992); Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela (de Rincon and Morris 2003); and the Sea of Azov, Ukraine (Simkina 1963; Simkina 1965). [details] Introduced species remark In Ukraine (Nation) : Fouling of power plants and other industrial water systems by G. franciscana has been reported from Chesapeake Bay (Cory 1967; Virginia Power 1992); Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela (de Rincon and Morris 2003); and the Sea of Azov, Ukraine (Simkina 1963; Simkina 1965). [details] Introduced species vector dispersal in Belgian part of the North Sea: Ships: accidental with ballast water, sea water systems, live wells or other deck basins [details] Introduced species vector dispersal in Dutch part of the North Sea : Shipping [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Bimeria franciscana Torrey, 1902) To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS) To Niet-inheemse soorten Belgisch deel Noordzee en aanpalende estuaria (in Dutch) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (22 records) To ITIS From editor or global species database
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