Invasion

Invasion Description

1st record: Fort Macon/NC/Atlantic Ocean 1872, (Coues and Yarrow 1878; USNM 2799, US National Museum of Natural History 2007)

Geographic Extent

Off North Carolina/NC/Atlantic Ocean (1980, 35.341667 N, -75.360000 W, USNM 16501 , US National Museum of Natural History 2007); Fort Macon/NC/Atlantic Ocean (Coues and Yarrow 1878; USNM 2799, US National Museum of Natural History 2007); Cape Fear, SE Of/NC/Atlantic Ocean (1885, 33.633333 N, --77.600000, USNM 7210, US National Museum of Natural History 2007); Off North Carolina/NC/Atlantic Ocean (1980, 33.543333 N, -77.423333W, USNM 14855, US National Museum of Natural History 2007); Charleston/SC/Charleston Bay (Ruiz et al. unpublished data); Grays Reef/GA/Atlantic Ocean (http://www.bio.georgiasouthern.edu/gr-inverts/grlist1.html); Mayport Naval Station, Turning Basin, Mayport/ FL/St. Johns River Estuary;(2000, Ruiz et al., unpublished data); USCG, Mayport Shrimp Docks, Mayport/FL/St. Johns River Estuary (2000, Ruiz et al., unpublished data); Browns Creek Bridge, Clapboard, Jacksonville/FL/St. Johns River Estuary (2000, Ruiz et al., unpublished data)