Species Regional Summary
Ciona intestinalis
Cape Hatteras to Mid-East Florida ( CAR-VII )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

None

Geographic Extent

off Cape Hatteras/NC/Atlantic Ocean (Plough 1978); aquaculture sites/NC/Atlantic Ocean (site not specified, ID from photographs, Carman et al. 2010); 'Florida'/Atlantic Ocean (USNM 1492383, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2019, undated, ID by C. G. Messing, ~2000s)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Ballast Water
Alternate Natural Dispersal

Regional Impacts

References

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