Species Regional Summary
Botrylloides violaceus
Narragansett Bay ( M020 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Records:Jamestown/RI/East Passage, Narragansett Bay (1998, Whitlatch and Osman 2000); Tiverton/RI/Sakonnet River (1998, Whitlatch and Osman 2000)

Geographic Extent

Beavertaill State Park, Jamestown/RI/Rhode Island Sound (2003, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Fort Adams State Park/Newport/RI/Narragansett Bay (2010, MacIntyre et al. 2010; Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013); Coasters Harbor Island, Newport/RI/East Passage, Narragansett Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Newport Shipyard/RI/East Passage, Narragansett Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Jamestown/RI/East Passage, Narragansett Bay (1998, Whitlatch and Osman 2000); Fort Getty Pier, Jamestown/RI/West Passage, Narragansett Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Wickford Marina, Wickford/RI/WestPassage, Narragansett Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Narragansett Bay T-wharf, Prudence Island/RI/Narragansett Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); North Kingston/RI/Allens Harbor, West Passage, Narragansett Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003; 2010, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013; Pederson et al. 2021); Roger Williams University Dock, Bristol/RI/Narragansett Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Warwick Cove Marina/RI/Warwick Cove, Narragansett Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Cove Haven Marina, Bristol/RI/Providence River (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Edgewood Marina, Cranston/RI/Providence River (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003; 2010, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013); Save the Bay Marina, Providence/RI/Providence River (2019, Pederson et al. 2021);; Fall River/MA/Battleship Cove, Taunton River 2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Tiverton/RI/Sakonnet River (1998, Whitlatch and Osman 2000)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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