Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record: Whangarei/New Zealand/Whangarei Harbor (1967, Read and Gordon 1991; Cranfield et al. 1998)
Geographic Extent
Whangarei/New Zealand/Whangarei Harbor (Read and Gordon 1991; Cranfield et al. 1998; Inglis et al. 2006e); Auckland/New Zealand/Waitemata Harbor (Read and Gordon 1991; Cranfield et al. 1998); New Zealand/Hawke Bay (Cranfield et al. 1998)
Vectors
| Level | Vector |
|---|---|
| Alternate | Ballast Water |
| Alternate | Hull Fouling |
Regional Impacts
| Economic Impact | Industry | |
| Ficopomatus enigmaticus fouled cooling systems of power plants (Read and Gordon 1991). | ||
| Economic Impact | Shipping/Boating | |
| Ficopomatus enigmaticus fouled pleasure boats, pontoons and pilings with encrustations of tubes (Read and Gordon 1991). | ||