Crassostrea rhizophorae was reported from 41 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 41 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 0 of them (stray, questionable);
Table 3: absent from 0 of them (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: all reports listed together.

Distribution: Atlantic Ocean: from southern Gulf of Mexico to Uruguay. Introduced in UK.
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Table 1: Present in 41 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
North America Anguilla AIA native 271
North America Antigua Barbuda ATG native 271
North America Aruba ABW native 271
North America Bahamas BHS native 271
North America Barbados BRB native 271
North America Belize BLZ native 271
South America Brazil BRA native 271
North America Cayman Is. CYM native 271
South America Colombia COL native 271
North America Costa Rica CRI native 271
North America Cuba CUB native 271
North America Curaçao I. CUW native 271
North America Dominica DMA native 271
North America Dominican Rp DOM native 271
South America French Guiana GUF native 271
North America Grenada GRD native 271
North America Guadeloupe GLP native 271
North America Guatemala GTM native 271
South America Guyana GUY native 271
North America Haiti HTI native 271
North America Honduras HND native 271
North America Jamaica JAM native 271
North America Martinique MTQ native 271
North America Mexico MEX native 271
North America Montserrat MSR native 271
North America Nicaragua NIC native 271
North America Panama PAN native 271
North America Puerto Rico PRI native 271
North America St Kitts Nevis KNA native 271
North America St Lucia LCA native 271
North America St Vincent Gren. VCT native 271
South America Suriname SUR native 271
North America Trinidad Tobago TTO native 271
North America Turks Caicos Is. TCA native 271
Europe UK GBR introduced 8593
Europe UK Engld Wal GBE introduced 7794
South America Uruguay URY native 114090
North America USA USA native 104365
South America Venezuela VEN native 271
North America Virgin Is. (UK) VGB native 271
North America Virgin Is. (US) VIR native 271

Table 4: Reported from 41 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
North America Anguilla AIA native 271
North America Antigua Barbuda ATG native 271
North America Aruba ABW native 271
North America Bahamas BHS native 271
North America Barbados BRB native 271
North America Belize BLZ native 271
South America Brazil BRA native 271
North America Cayman Is. CYM native 271
South America Colombia COL native 271
North America Costa Rica CRI native 271
North America Cuba CUB native 271
North America Curaçao I. CUW native 271
North America Dominica DMA native 271
North America Dominican Rp DOM native 271
South America French Guiana GUF native 271
North America Grenada GRD native 271
North America Guadeloupe GLP native 271
North America Guatemala GTM native 271
South America Guyana GUY native 271
North America Haiti HTI native 271
North America Honduras HND native 271
North America Jamaica JAM native 271
North America Martinique MTQ native 271
North America Mexico MEX native 271
North America Montserrat MSR native 271
North America Nicaragua NIC native 271
North America Panama PAN native 271
North America Puerto Rico PRI native 271
North America St Kitts Nevis KNA native 271
North America St Lucia LCA native 271
North America St Vincent Gren. VCT native 271
South America Suriname SUR native 271
North America Trinidad Tobago TTO native 271
North America Turks Caicos Is. TCA native 271
Europe UK GBR introduced 8593
Europe UK Engld Wal GBE introduced 7794
South America Uruguay URY native 114090
North America USA USA native 104365
South America Venezuela VEN native 271
North America Virgin Is. (UK) VGB native 271
North America Virgin Is. (US) VIR native 271
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European Union's Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 226874