Species Regional Summary
Styela plicata
Cape Fear River ( S050 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Cape Fear, SE Of/NC/Atlantic Ocean (1885, USNM 2735, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2007, 33.633333 N, Longitude -77.600000 W)

Geographic Extent

Cape Fear, SE Of/NC/Atlantic Ocean (1885, USNM 2735, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2007, 33.633333 N, Longitude -77.600000 W); docks at UNCW Center for Marine Science, Wilmington/NC/Cape Fear Sound (2007-2009, Pineda et al. 2016); South Harbor Village Marina/NC/Cape Fear Sound (2014, Villalobos et al. 2017)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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