Species Regional Summary
Orchestia gammarellus
Bay of Fundy to Cape Cod ( NA-ET2 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Eastport/ME/Passamaquddy Bay (1864, YPM IZ 000037 CR, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History 2016)

Geographic Extent

ME/Cobscook Bay (Trott 2004); Eastport/ME/Passamaquddy Bay (1864, YPM IZ 000037 CR, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History 2014); Roundstone Beach, Machias Seal Island /New Brunswick (8/24/47, Invertebrate Zoology 78611, Museum of Comparative Zoology 2014); Cape Forchu, Yarmouth County/Nova Scotia (1956, Bousfield 1958); Marys Point, Shepody National Wildlife Area, New Brunswick/Bay of Fundy (2002, Majka and Ogden 2006); Short Beach, Yarmouth/Nova Scotia/Gulf of Maine (Henzler and Ingolfsson 2008); Pubnico/Nova Scotia/Abbot Harbour (1956, Bousfield 1958); Sandy Cove, Digby/Nova Scotia/Bay of Fundy (7/9/1963, YPM IZ 030556, Yale Peabody Museum 2014); St. Anne Point, lower West Pubnico/va Scotia/Bay of Fundy (1956, Bousfield 1958)

'From western end of Nova Scotia and throughout Bay of Fundy, along the coast to Casco Bay' (Bousfield 1973.)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Dry Ballast

Regional Impacts

References

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