Species Regional Summary
Polydora cornuta
None ( NWP-3a )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record; Hsingchu county, Hisanshan/Taiwan/Formosa Straits (1990, Radashevsky and Hsieh 2000; Radashevsky 2005)

Geographic Extent

Hsingchu County, Hisanshan/Taiwan/Formosa Straits (1990, Radashevsky and Hsieh 2000; Radashevsky 2005, 25 60N, 120 54E); Tainan County/Taiwan/Chishui River Estuary (2007, USNM 110165, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2015); Tainan County/Taiwan/Tsengwen River estuary (USNM 186413, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2015; Radashevsky and Hsieh 2000; Radashevsky 2005, 23 04N, 120 05E); Fujian Province/China/Tzu Lake (1996, USNM 186414, Radashevsky and Hsieh 2000; U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2015; Radashevsky 2005, 24 28N, 118 18E)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Ballast Water

Regional Impacts

References

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