Species Regional Summary
Ciona intestinalis
Bay of Fundy to Cape Cod ( NA-ET2 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st record: Boston/MA/Boston Harbor (Couthouy 1838)

Geographic Extent

Boston/MA/Boston Harbor (Couthouy 1838); Eastern Point, Gloucester/MA/Gulf of Maine (Van Name 1912); ME/Casco Bay (1873, USNM 3472, US National Museum of Natural History 2007, 88-117m); Isles of Shoals/NH/Gulf of Maine (Van Name 1912); Grand Manan Island/New Brunswick/Gulf of Maine (1872, YPM IZ 049272 Yale Peabody Museum 2016); Campobello Island/New Brunswick/Off Head Harbor, Gulf of Maine (1870, YPM IZ 049386, Yale Peabody Museum 2016); Grand Manan Island/New Brunswick/Gulf of Maine (1852, Stimpson 1852, as Ascidia tenella); Harbour de Loutre/New Brunswick/Passamaquoddy Bay (2006, LeGresley et al. 2008); St. Andrews/New Brunswick/Passamaquoddy Bay (2006, LeGresley et al. 2008); Limekiln Bay/New Brunswick/Passamaquoddy Bay (2006, LeGresley et al. 2008); Grand Manan/New Brunswick/Gulf of Maine (Van Name 1912); Nova Scotia/Bay of Fundy (1966, USNM 25208, US National Museum of Natural History 2009, 44.850 N, 66.767 S); Whitehead, East Of Grand Manan Island/New Brunswick/Bay of Fundy (1872, USNM 7424, US National Museum of Natural History 2009); St. Andrews/New Brunswick/Passamaquoddy Bay (2006-2009, LeGresley et al. 2008; Martin et al. 2011); Beaver Harbour/New Brunswick/Bay of Fundy (2007-2009, Martin et al. 2011);; Yarmouth/Nova Scotia/Gulf of Maine ( 43.83, ?66.13º, Hudson et al. 2019, genetic sampling); Eastport/ME/Passamaquoddy Bay (1868, C. intestinalis tenella, YPM IZ 001326, Yale Peabody Museum 2019)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

Economic ImpactFisheries
Ciona intestinalis was a dominant fouling organism at oyster and aquaculture sites in the Damariscotta River, Maine (Bullard et al. 2015)
 

References

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