Species Regional Summary
Didemnum vexillum
Massachusetts Bay ( N170 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: off Cottage Park Road, Winthrop, MA/Boston Harbor (2006, USGS Woods Hole Science Center 2003-2007)

Geographic Extent

Black Falcon Terminal, Boston/MA/Boston Harbor (2008, MIT Sea Grant 2011); off Cottage Park Road, Winthrop, MA/Boston Harbor (2006, USGS Woods Hole Science Center 2003-2007); Hawthorne Cove Marina, Salem/MA/Salem Harbor (2010, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013); Winter Island, Salem/MA/Salem Harbor (2008, MIT Sea Grant 2011; 2010, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013); Beverly Public Pier, Beverly/MA/Massachusetts Bay (2007, MIT Sea Grant 2011)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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