International Introductions of Phyllorhiza punctata
Introductions as compiled by FAO
Main Ref. DeFelice, R.C., L.G. Eldredge and J.T. Carlton, 2001
To Pearl Harbour.
FAO area Pacific, Eastern Central
From Philippine Islands.
FAO area Pacific, Western Central
Year
Range 1941 - 1945
Period 1925-1949
Established in the Wild Unknown
Established in Aquaculture
Significant Ecological Interactions probably yes - undecided
Significant Socio-economic Effects
Introduced by
Reason biofouling
Other Reason
Comments Identified under the name Cotylorhizoides pacificus and indicated its introduction in Pearl Harbor from the Philippine Islands as ship-fouling scyphistomae. Restricted to Pearl Harbor until about 1950, but appeared in Kaneohe Bay in 1953 to 1954 (Ref. 3252). Known to eat planktonic crustaceans and fish eggs and larvae. Ref. DeFelice, R.C., L.G. Eldredge and J.T. Carlton, 2001
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