Invasion

Invasion Description

1st record: Luanda/Angola/Atlantic Ocean (1945, Cook 1968; Pestana et al. 2017)

Geographic Extent

Luanda/Angola/Atlantic Ocean (Cook 1968; Pestana et al. 2017; Pestana et al. 2021); South Africa/Alexander Bay (2007, Haupt et al. 2010, oyster beds); Namibia/Atlantic Ocean (Lim 2004, cited by Fehlauer-Ale et al. 2014, Haplotype S);South Africa/Saldanha Bay (2007, Haupt et al. 2010, oyster beds); South Africa/Knysna Estuary (2007, Haupt et al. 2010, oyster beds); Port Nolloth to Cape Town/South Africa/Atlantic Ocean (Florence 2007; Mead et al. 2011b, 'prevalent in all areas with a harbor')