Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Woods Hole/MA/Buzzards Bay-Vineyard Sound (Verrilll and Smith 1873)

Geographic Extent

Woods Hole/MA/Buzzards Bay-Vineyard Sound (Verrilll and Smith 1873); Woods Hole/MA/Buzzards Bay-Vineyard Sound (1881, USNM 15761, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2003; Clade A, Bock et al. 2012; Yund et al. 2015); Penikese Island/Buzzards Bay-Vineyard Sound (Sumner et al. 1913); Tarpaulin Cove, Naushon Island/MA/Vineyard Sound) (Sumner et al. 1913); Falmouth/MA/Waquoit Bay (Vineyard Sound) (1871, Verrill and Smith 1873); West Chop, Martha's Vineyard/MA/Vineyard Sound (Sumner et al. 1913); Popes Island Marina, New Bedford (2010, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013); Tripp Marina, Westport/MA/Westport River (Buzzards Bay) (MIT Sea Grant 2003; 2010, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013); Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Bourne/MA/Buzzards Bay (MIT Sea Grant 2003; 2010, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013)