Species Regional Summary
Styela plicata
None ( NWP-4a )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record?: Aomori Prefecture, Honshu/Japan/Mutsu Bay, Sea of Japan (Oka 1935, cited by Nishikawa 1991)

Geographic Extent

Aomori Prefecture, Honshu/Japan/Mutsu Bay, Sea of Japan (Oka 1935, cited by Nishikawa 1991); Yamagata Prefecture, Honshu/Japan/Tsukumo Bay (Nishikawa 1991); Honshu/Japan/Wakasa Bay (Nishikawa 1991); Pusan/South Korea/Sea of Japan (1981, Rho and Lee 1991; Park et al. 2017); Guryoungpo-Jangsaengpo/South Korea/Sea of Japan (2009-2011, Pyo et al. 2012; Park et al. 2017)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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