Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record? Biloxi/MS/Gulf of Mexico (1932, USNM 9617, US National Museum of Natural History 2011
Geographic Extent
Biloxi/MS/Gulf of Mexico (1932, USNM 9617, US National Museum of Natural History 2011); Marsh Point/MS/Biloxi Bay (1999, Pederson and Peterson 2002);
Vectors
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Regional Impacts
| Ecological Impact | Habitat Change | |
| Drifting mats of detached Bugula neritina and Amathia verticillata form an important habitat for a wide variety of invertebrate taxa on muddy bottoms of Biloxi Bay, Gulf of Mexico (Pederson and Peterson 2002). | ||