Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Records: Long Beach/CA/Spinnaker Bay (2000, part of Alamitos Bay, Gershwin 2001)
Geographic Extent
Marina del Rey/CA/Pacific Ocean (Dawson and Jacobs 2001); Long Beach/CA/Pacific Ocean (Dawson and Jacobs 2001); Long Beach/CA/Spinnaker Bay (2000, part of Alamitos Bay, Gershwin 2001); Newport Beach/CA/Pacific Ocean (Dawson and Jacobs 2001); San Diego/CA/Pacific Ocean (Dawson and Jacobs 2001; Dawson 2003)
Vectors
| Level | Vector |
|---|---|
| Alternate | Ballast Water |
| Alternate | Hull Fouling |
Regional Impacts
References
Dawson, M. N. (2003) Macro-morphological variation among cryptic species of the moon jellyfish, Aurelia (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa)., Marine Biology 143: 369-379Dawson, Michael N.; Jacobs, David K. (2001) Molecular evidence for cryptic species of Aurelia aurita (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa)., Biological Bulletin 200: 92-96
Dawson, Michael N.; Gupta, Alex Sen; England, Matthew N. (2005) Coupled biophysical global ocean model and molecular genetic analyses identify multiple introductions of cryptogenic species., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A. 102(34): 11968-11973.
Gershwin, Lisa-Ann (2001) Systematics and biogeography of the jellyfish, Aurelia labiata (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa), Biological Bulletin 201: 104-119