Species Regional Summary
Ciona intestinalis
Narragansett Bay ( M020 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record?: Off Beaver Tail Light/RI/Narragansett Bay (1880, USNM 3818, US National Museum of Natural History 2009)

Geographic Extent

Off Beaver Tail Light/RI/Narragansett Bay (1880, USNM 3818, US National Museum of Natural History 2009); Narragansett Bay-Rhode Island Sound; Narragansett/RI/West Passage (Narragansett Bay) (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Fall River/MA/Mount Hope Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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