Invasion

Invasion Description

near Charleston/SC/Folly River (1986, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008)

Geographic Extent

off Portsmouth Island [~50 km SW of Cape Hatteras]/NC/Core Sound waters (2004, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008); on the eastern end of Bogue Banks [island], near Fort Macon State Park, Beaufort/NC/Bogue Sound (2006, 2008, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008); Georgetown County/SC/North Inlet Estuary, Atlantic Ocean (2000, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008); Georgetown/SC/Winyah Bay (2000, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008); near Charleston/SC/Folly River (1986, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008); Charleston county/SC/West bank of Town Creek, North Inlet (2002, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008); Port Royal/SC/Port Royal Sound (9/9/14, Bob Bnder and Southeast Regional Taxonomic Center 2014, 32° 22'13.68" N 80° 41'12.86" W ); Wassaw Island/GA/Atlantic Ocean (Frick and Williams 2003, 31 53 N, 80 50 W, from stomach contents of a Kemps Ridley Turtle); 1st Record: St. Simons Island/GA/ Saint Simons Sound-Atlantic Ocean (9/11/2020,USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2020); ~2 mi W of Fernandina Beach/FL/Bellis River (2004, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008); Nassau County/FL/Fort George Inlet, St. John's River (2003, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008); Vilano Beach/FL/Tolomato River (Intracoastal Waterway) (2004, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008); just SW of Flagler Beach/FL/Intracoastal Waterway (2002, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008); Guana-Tomalato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve/FL/Matanzas River Estuary (2002-2012, Eash-Loucks et al. 2014, 7 specimens); at Lighthouse Point Park/Ponce de Leon Inlet, Atlantic Ocean (2009, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008)