Species Regional Summary
Polydora cornuta
None ( NWP-4a )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st records: Vladivostok area/Russia/Peter the Great Bay (Sea of Japan) (1994, Radashvesky 2005); Ansan/South Korea/Shihwa Lake, Yellow Sea (1994, Lee and Cha, 1997, cited by Radashevsky and Hsieh 2000; Radashevsky 2005);

Geographic Extent

Vladivostok area/Russia/Peter the Great Bay (Sea of Japan) (1994, Radashvesky 2005); off Russia/Pacific Ocean/Sea of Japan (2010, Alalykina 2013, 43101.21N–135128.13E, 3334 m depth); western coast/Korea/Shiwa Lake, Yellow Sea (1994, USNM 1020476, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2015 ); Kyushu/Japan/Dokai Bay (1984-1997, Sato-Okoshi 2000); Kyushu/Japan/Hakata Bay (1984-1997, Sato-Okoshi 2000); Ansan/South Korea/Shihwa Lake, Yellow Sea (1994, Lee and Cha, 1997, cited by Radashevsky and Hsieh 2000; Radashevsky 2005)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Ballast Water
Alternate Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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