Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Woods Hole/MA/Woods Hole Harbor (Verrill and Smith 1873, 'abundant pn piles', , Vineyard Sound, 6 to 8 fathoms, as B. flabellata)

Geographic Extent

Nantucket/MA/Nantucket Harbor (Sumner et al. 1913); MA/Vineyard Sound, 6 to 8 fathoms (1872, Verrill and Smith 1873); Marthas Vineyard/MA/Vineyard Haven (Sumner et al. 1913); Edgartown, Marthas Vineyard/MA/Edgartown Harbor (Sumner et al. 1913); Marthas Vineyard/MA/Katama Bay (Sumner et al. 1913); Woods Hole Coast Guard Base/MA/Little Harbor (2013, Wells et al. 2014); Woods Hole/MA/Woods Hole Harbor (Verrill and Smith 1873, 'abundant pn piles', , Vineyard Sound, 6 to 8 fathoms, as B. flabellata; Osburn 1912, 'uncommon in our dredgings, but it grows abundantly on piles throughout our region'); Woods Hole/MA/Eel Pond, Woods Hole Passage(8/6/1939, YPM IZ 030922, Yale Peabody Museum 2014; Ryland and Hayward 1991); Woods Hole/MA/floats in Eel Pond, piles elsewhere (Rogick and Croasdale 1949, as B. flabellata; Rogick, in Smith 1964; Winston and Hayward 2012).; Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Bourne/MA/Buzzards Bay (2010, MacIntyre et al. 2011; Woods Hole Coast Guard Base/MA/Little Harbor (2013, Wells et al. 2014); Popes Island Marina, New Bedford/MA/Buzzards Bay (2010, MacIntyre et al. 2011; Woods Hole Coast Guard Base/MA/Little Harbor (2013, Wells et al. 2014); Allen Harbor Marina, North Kingstown/RI/Allen Harbor, Narragansett Bay (2010, MacIntyre et al. 2011); Fort Adams State Park/Newport/RI/Narragansett Bay (2010, MacIntyre et al. 2011); Point Judith Marina, South Kingston/RI/Point Judith Pond (2010, MacIntyre et al. 2011); CT/Long Island Sound (2003, specific location not given, Pederson et al. 2005);