Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Wellington, South Island/New Zealand/Cook Strait (1958, Cranfield et al. 1998)

Geographic Extent

Marsden Point and Whangarei Port, North Island/New Zealand/Whangarei Harbour (Inglis et al. 2006e); Auckland, North Island/New Zealand/Hauraki Gulf; Wellington, South Island/New Zealand/Cook Strait; Nelson, South Island/New Zealand/Tasman Bay; Lyttleton, South Island/New Zealand/Pegasus Bay; Napier, South Island/New Zealand/Hawke Bay (Cranfield et al. 1998); South Island/New Zealand/Tasman Bay (2008, removed from oil rig, Hopkins et al. 2011)