Species Regional Summary
Polydora hoplura
None ( NWP-4b )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record? Orikasa, Iwate, (Yamadacho), Orikasa, Honshu/Japan/Yamada Bay, from shell of cultured oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793), paratype of Polydora uncinata, Sato-Okoshi 1998)

Geographic Extent

Orikasa, Iwate, (Yamadacho), Orikasa, Honshu/Japan/Yamada Bay, from shell of cultured oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793), paratype of Polydora uncinata, Sato-Okoshi 1998); Shironohana, Kochi Prefecture, Kyushu/Japan/Seto Inland Sea ( Sato-Okoshi 1998)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Oyster Accidental

Regional Impacts

References

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