Species Regional Summary
Amathia verticillata
Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras ( NA-ET3 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Restoration Shipyard of Mystic Seaport/CT/Mystic River estuary, Fishers Island Sound (2005, James T. Carlton 2005, email to Paul Fofonoff)

Geographic Extent

Pope’s Island Marina, New Bedford/MA/New Bedford Harbor (10/2016, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, personal communication 2016); ); 'a large marina', New Bedford/MA/New Bedford Harbor (summer and fall 2017, probably re-introduced after winter die-off (James T. Carlton, personal communication 2017); Restoration Shipyard of Mystic Seaport/CT/Mystic River estuary, Fishers Island Sound (2005, James T. Carlton 2005, email to Paul Fofonoff); Mystic Seaport/CT/Mystic River estuary, Fishers Island Sound (10/16/2010, James T. Carlton 2010, email to Paul Fofonoff); RI/Narragansett Bay (2011, James T. Carlton, email to Paul Fofonoff); Wachapreague/VA/Atlantic Oceam (2014, Michele Repetto, personal communication 2014); Kiptokeke, Cape Charles/VA/Chesapeake Bay-Atlantic Ocean (2014, Michele Repetto, personal communication 2014)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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