Species Regional Summary
Cordylophora caspia
Great Bay ( N130 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Newmarket/NH/Lamprey River (Great Bay) (Gaulin et al. 1986; Chester 1996; Blezard 19989

Geographic Extent

Newmarket/NH/Lamprey River (Great Bay) (Gaulin et al. 1986; Chester 1996; Blezard 1999)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Oyster Accidental
Alternate Fisheries Accidental (not Oyster)
Alternate Aquatic Plant Shipments

Regional Impacts

Ecological ImpactFood/Prey
Cordylophora caspia is apparently eaten by the nudibranch Tenellia adspersa, cryptogenic on the East Coast of North America, but widely introduced elsewhere (Gaulin et al. 1986; Chester 1997).
 

References

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