Species Regional Summary
Nematostella vectensis
Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras ( NA-ET3 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st record: Woods Hole/MA/Mill Pond (Vineyard Sound) (1939, Crowell 1946; Smith 1964)

Geographic Extent

Woods Hole/MA/Mill Pond (Buzzards Bay) (1939, Crowell 1946; Smith 1964); Falmouth/MA/Sippewissett Marsh (Buzzards Bay) (1982, Hand and Uhlinger 1994); Bourne/MA/Pocassett River (Buzzards Bay) (1965, Hand and Uhlinger1994); North Kingstown/RI/Bissel Cove (1973, Hand and Uhlinger 1994); Mystic/CT/Mystic River (1978, Hand and Uhlinger 1994); Noank/CT/Niantic River (1978, Hand and Uhlinger 1994); NJ/Meadowlands (Reitzell et al. 2008); NJ/Little Egg Harbor (1978, Hand and Uhlinger 1994); Rehoboth/DE/Indian River estuary (Atlantic Coast) (1978, Hand and Uhlinger 1994); King George County/VA/Machodoc Creek (Potomac River) (Calder 1972); Edgewater/MD/Rhode River (Posey et al. 1991)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Ballast Water
Alternate Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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