Species Regional Summary
Bugula neritina
Massachusetts Bay ( N170 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Records: Black Falcon Terminal, Boston/Boston Harbor (MIT Sea Grant 2003); Hawthorne Cove/Salem/MA/Salem Harbor (2000, 2007 MIT Sea Grant 2011)

Historical Record: Nahant/MA/Boston Harbor (1854, Winston and Hayward 20132 not established);

Geographic Extent

Black Falcon Terminal, Boston/Boston Harbor (MIT Sea Grant 2003); Nahant/MA/Boston Harbor (1854, Winston and Hayward 20132 not established);; Salem/MA/Salem Harbor (MIT Sea Grant 2003); Hawthone Cove Marina, Salem/MA/(Massachusetts Bay (010, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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