Invasion

Invasion Description

1st record: Montauk Point/NY/Peconic Bay (1973, Carlton 1989; James T. Carlton, personal communication)

Geographic Extent

Hyannis/MA/Nantucket Sound (Whitlatch and Osman 2000); Falmouth-Mashpee/MA/Waquoit Bay (2003, Carman et al. 2007); East Falmouth/MA/Great Pond (2003, Carman et al. 2007); Woods Hole/MA/Vineyard Sound; Hyannis/MA/Nantucket Sound; Woods Hole/MA/Eel Pond (1986, Marine Biological Laboratory, http://www.mbl.edu/marine_org/marine_org.php?func=detail&myID=BX207); 5 of 24 aquaculture sites, Martha's Vineyard/MA/19 surveyed embayments (Carman et al. 2010); Massachusetts Maritime Academy Bourne/MA/Buzzards Bay (MIT Sea Grant 2003); New Bedford/MA/New Bedford Harbor (MIT Sea Grant 2003);Tripps Marina, Westport/MA/Westport River (Buzzards Bay) (MIT Sea Grant 2003); Massachusetts Maritime Academy Bourne/MA/Buzzards Bay; New Bedford/MA/New Bedford Harbor; Popes Island Marina, New Bedford (2010, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013); Tripp Marina, Westport/MA/Westport River (Buzzards Bay) (2000, (MIT Sea Grant 2003) 2010, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013); Save the Bay Marina, Providence/RI/Providence River (2019, Pederson et al. 2021); Warwick Cove Marina, Warwick/RI/ Warwick Cove (MIT Sea Grant 2003), Allen Harbor, North Kingstown/RI/West Passage, Narragansett Bay; (MIT Sea Grant 2003; 2010, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013; (2019, Pederson et al. 2021)); Quonset Point, North Kingstown, West Passage, Narragansett Bay (MIT Sea Grant 2003); Wickford Marina, Wickford/RI/West Passage, Narragansett Bay (1976, personal observation; Plough 1978, MITSea Grant 2003); Colt State Park, Bristol/RI/East Passage, Narragansett Bay (MIT Sea Grant 2003); Coasters Harbor Island, Newport/RI/East Passage, Narragansett Bay; (MIT Sea Grant 2003); Fort Adams State Park/Newport/RI/Narragansett Bay (2010, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013); Beavertail Point/RI/Narragansett Bay (MIT Sea Grant 2003); Block Island/RI/Great Salt Pond (2007, 41o10'62" 71o34'58", Carman et al. 2009); Point Judith Marina/RI/Point Judith Pond (2009, MIT Sea Grant 2011; Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013); NY/Long Island Sound (Carlton 1989); Stamford/CT/Long Island Sound (MIT Sea Grant 2003); Brewer Yacht Haven Marine Center, Milford Yacht Club, Milford/CT/Long Island Sound (MIT Sea Grant 2003); Brewer Yacht Yard, Mystic/CT/Fishers Island Sound (MIT Sea Grant 2003; Brewer Yacht Yard, Mystic/CT/Fishers Island Sound (MIT Sea Grant 2003; Pederson et al. 2021); Groton/CT/Fishers Island Sound (Whitlatch and Osman 2000); Bridgeport/CT/Long Island Sound (Benson 2011); 35 of 45 sites sampled/NY-CT/Long Island Sound (2011-2013, Brunetti and Cuomo 2014); Stirling Hsrbot, Greenport, Long Island/NY/Long Island Sound (2019, Pederson et al. 2021); Montauk Point/NY/Peconic Bay (1973, Carlton 1989; James T. Carlton, personal communication); South Jamesport/NY/Peconic Bay (MIT Sea Grant 2003); Moonbeam Gateway Marina, Brooklym/NY/Jamaica Bay (2019, Pederson et al. 2021); 30 mi NE of Cape May/NJ/Coastal Bay inlets (1998, McDermott, personal communication); Cape May/NJ/Cape May Harbor (7/11/2013, Paul Fofonoff, Kristen Larson, personal observations); Cape Henlopen/DE/Delaware Bay (2003, several specimens washed up on beach, ID by Gretchen Lambert, Fofonoff, personal observation); Indian River Marina/NJ/Indian River Inlet/ (7/11/2013, Paul Fofonoff, Kristen Larson, personal observations); Sunset Marina, Ocean City/MD/Ocean City Inlet (7/29/2013, Paul Fofonoff, personal observation, established population); Chincoteague/VA/Atlantic Ocean (1994, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2002); Chincoteague/VA/Merritt Harbor, Chincoteague Inlet (7/29/2013, Paul Fofonoff, personal observation, established population)