Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: "Rhode Island" (1880, USNM 20014, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2003)

Geographic Extent

"Rhode Island" (1880, USNM 20014, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2003); Fall River/MA/Mount Hope Bay (MIT Sea Grant 2003); Edgewood Yacht Club, Cranston/RI/Providence River (MIT Sea Grant 2003; 2010, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013); Cove Haven Marina, Barrington/RI/Providence River (MIT Sea Grant 2003); Colt State Park, Bristol/RI/Narragansett Bay (MIT Sea Grant 2003); Roger Williams University Dock, Bristol//RI/Mount Hope Bay (MIT Sea Grant 2003; Yund et al. 2016); North Kingston/RI/Allens Harbor (MIT Sea Grant 2003; 2010, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013; Pederson et al. 2021); Wickford/RI/Wickford Harbor (MIT Sea Grant 2003); Newport Shipyard, Newport/RI/Narragansett Bay (MIT Sea Grant 2003); Fort Adams State Park/Newport/RI/Narragansett Bay (2010, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013)