Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record: Long Island/NY/Oyster Bay (on hull of "Bounty II", wooden sailing ship) (1962, Turner 1966, worms survived the winter, eggs fertilized, larval development was started but not completed)
Geographic Extent
Long Island/NY/Oyster Bay (on hull of "Bounty II", wooden sailing ship) (1962, Turner 1966, worms survived the winter, eggs fertilized, larval development was started but not completed, failed); Ocean County/NJ/Oyster Creek (1974-1978, Barnegat Bay, thermal effluents, not seen after 1979) (Hoagland andTurner 1980; Richards et al. 1984, extinct); Wachapreague/VA/Wachapreague Channel (1988-1989, McGovern and Burreson 1990, unknown)
Vectors
| Level | Vector |
|---|---|
| Probable | Hull Fouling |
Regional Impacts
References
Hoagland, K. E.; Turner, R. D. (1980) Range extensions of teredinids (shipworms) and polychaetes in the vicinity of a temperate-zone nuclear generating station., Marine Biology 58(1): 55-64McGovern, Elizabeth R.; Burreson, Eugene M. (1990) Ultrastructure of Minchinia sp. spores from shipworms (Teredo sp.) in the western North Atlantic, with discussion of taxonomy of the Haplosporidiidae, Journal of Protozoology 37(3): 212-218
Richards, Beatrice R.; Hillman, Robert E.; Maciolek, Nancy J. (1984) Shipworms, In: Kennish, Michael J.; Lutz, Richard A.(Eds.) Lecture Notes on Coastal and Estuarine Studies - Ecology of Barnegat Bay, New Jersey. , New York. Pp. 201-225