Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Records: Mystic/CT/Mystic River, Fishers Island Sound (1999, Hobbs et al. 2015, 'amongst the native bryozoan Amathia dichotoma')
Geographic Extent
Bourne Marina, Bourne/MA/Buzzards Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2008); Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Bourne/MA/Buzzards Bay (2007, MIT Sea Grant 2008); Woods Hole/MA/Vineyard Sound (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2008); Woods Hole/MA/Eel Pond, Vineyard Sound (2008, Hobbs et al. 2015, associated with Tricellaria inopinata (2011, Hobbs et al. 2015); Woods Hole Coast Guard Station (2007, MIT Sea Grant 2008); Tripps Marina, Westport/MA/Westport River (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2008); Fort Getty Pier, Jamestown/RI/West Passage, Narragansett Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2008); Newport Shipyard, Newport/RI/East Passage, Narragansett Bay (2003, MIT Sea Grant 2008); Coasters Harbor Island, /RI/East Passage, Narragansett Bay (2003, MIT Sea Grant 2008); ort Adams State Park, Newport/RI/Narragansett Bay (2013, Wells et al. 2014); Brewer Yacht Yard at Mystic/Mystic/Fishers Island Sound (2003, MIT Sea Grant 2008); Point Judith Marina, South Kingston/RI/Point Judith Pond (2013, Wells et al. 2014); Point Judith Pond Marina, Wakefield/RI/Point Judith Pond (2019, Pederson et al. 2021); Mystic/CT/Mystic River, Fishers Island Sound (1999, Hobbs et al. 2015, 'amongst the native bryozoan Amathia dichotoma'); Brewer Yacht Yard at Mystic/CT/Fishers Island Sound (2003, MIT Sea Grant 2008); Ram Island, Mystic/CT/mouth of Mystic River (2008, Hobbs et al. 2015); Waterford/CT/Long Island Sound Cedar Harbor Marina, Bridgeport/CT/Long Island Soun (2019, Pederson et al. 2021); (2006-2007, Janiak and Whitlach 2012); 3 sites/NJ/Barnegat Bay (2012-2013, associated Botryllus schlosseri (Pallas, 1766), and the native bryozoans Einhornia crustulenta (Pallas, 1766) and Schizoporella sp., as well as the green alga Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753, Hobbs et al. 2015); Worcester County/MD/Sinepuxent Bay (10/25/2012, Morlales-Nunez and Chigbu 2018, 38°16.825'N ? 75°08.032'W)
Vectors
Level | Vector |
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Probable | Hull Fouling |
Alternate | Ballast Water |