Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: ~12 mi S of Nags Head/NC/Atlantic Ocean at Oregon Inlet (1995, McDermott 1995)

Geographic Extent

[~12 mi S of Nags Head)/NC/Atlantic Ocean at Oregon Inlet (1995, McDermott 1995); Carteret County, (north of) Cape Lookout/NC/Atlantic Ocean (2002, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008); near Fort Macon State Park on the eastern end of Bogue Banks [island], Beaufort/Bogue Sound (2008, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008)