Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record: New South Wales/Tasman Straits (1940s, Allen and Wood 1950, cited by Keough and Ross 1999)
Geographic Extent
New South Wales/Tasman Straits (1940s, Allen and Wood 1950, cited by Keough and Ross 1999); Cronulla/New South Wales/Port Hacking (Vail and Wass 1981); Manly/New South Wales/Tasman Sea (2001, Mackie et al. 2006); The Spit/New South Wales/Tasman Sea (2001, Mackie et al. 2006)
Vectors
| Level | Vector |
|---|---|
| Probable | Hull Fouling |
Regional Impacts
| Ecological Impact | Competition | |
| It is 'now the most abundant shallow-water bryozoan on the New South Wales Coast' (Allen 1953). | ||