Species Regional Summary
Membranipora membranacea
Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras ( NA-ET3 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st records: Mohegan Bluffs, Block Island/RI/Atlantic Ocean (1990, USGS Center for Aquatic Resource Studies 2008)

Geographic Extent

Tripp Marina, Westport/MA/Westport River, Buzzards Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Bourne/MA/Buzzards Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Newport Shipyard, Newport/RI/East Pasage, Narragansett Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Fort Adams State Park, Newport/RI/Narragansett Bay (MacIntyre et al. 2010); Quonochontaug Beach/RI/Block Island Sound (1990, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008); Mohegan Bluffs, Block Island/RI/Atlantic Ocean (1990, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008); Penfield Reef, Fairfield/CT/Long Island Sound, at a depth of 3 m below mean low water (1993, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Ballast Water
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Natural Dispersal

Regional Impacts

References

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