Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Newport/RI/Narragansett Bay-Rhode Island Sound (1880, USNM 55, US National Museum of Natural History 2002)

Geographic Extent

Newport/RI/Narragansett Bay-Rhode Island Sound (USNM 55, US National Museum of Natural History 2002; Warwick Cove Marina/RI/Warwick Cove, Narragansett Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Allens Harbor, North Kingstown/RI/West Passage, Narragansett Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Barrington Yacht Club/RI/Narragansett Bay (Ruiz et al., unpublished data); New England Boatworks, Portsmouth/RI/Sakonnet River (Ruiz et al. unpublished data); Sakonnet Railway Bridge/RI/Sakonnet River (Ruiz et al. unpublished data); Wickford Shipyard/RI/West Passage, Narragansett Bay (Ruiz et al. unpublished data); Bristol Town Dock/RI/Narragansett Bay (Ruiz et al., unpublished data)