Species Regional Summary
Styela plicata
Long Island Sound ( M040 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Mystic/CT/Mysitc River, Long Island Sound (10/26/2001, James T. Carlton, personal communication, one specimen)

Geographic Extent

Mystic/CT/Mystic River, Long Island Sound (10/26/2001, James T. Carlton, personal communication, one specimen); Mystic/CT/Mystic River, Long Island Sound (5-9/2022, on an old fireboat, from New York City, large population, apparently reproducing)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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