Species Regional Summary
Botrylloides violaceus
Cape Cod Bay ( N180 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Records: Barnstable/MA/Harbor, Cape Cod Bay (1998, Whitlatch and Osman 2000); Sagamore/MA/Cape Cod Bay 1998, Whitlatch and Osman 2000); Manomet Point, Plymouth/MA//Cape Cod Bay (1998, Whitlatch and Osman 2000); Plymouth/MA/Plymouth Harbor, Cape Cod Bay (1998, Whitlatch and Osman 2000)

Geographic Extent

Barnstable/MA/Harbor, Cape Cod Bay (1998, Whitlatch and Osman 2000; 2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Sandwich Marina/MA/Cape Cod Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003; 2010, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013; 2012, Wagstaff 2017); Sagamore/MA/Cape Cod Bay 1998, Whitlatch and Osman 2000); Manomet Point, Plymouth/MA/Plymouth Harbor, Cape Cod Bay (1998, Whitlatch and Osman 2000); Plymouth Town Wharf/MA/Plymouth Harbor, Cape Cod Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Brewers Plymouth Marine/Plymouth Harbor, Cape Cod Bay (2010, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013); Duxbury Town Pier/MA/Duxbury Bay, Cape Cod Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Green Harbor Marina, Marshfield/MA/Cape Cod Bay (Wells et al. 2014)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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