Species Regional Summary
Crepidula onyx
Alaskan panhandle to N. of Puget Sound ( NEP-III )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: beach in front of Lion's Community Playfield, northern shore west of the Warren Avenue Bridge, East Bremerton./WA/Port Washington Narrows (2005, Holm 2006; USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008). Not seen in more than a decade (Jim Carlton, pers. comm.)

Geographic Extent

beach in front of Lion's Community Playfield, northern shore west of the Warren Avenue Bridge, East Bremerton./WA/Port Washington Narrows (2005, Holm 2006; USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008); Sinclair Inlet at Mitchell Point, Port Orchard/WA/Puget Sound (2006, Holm 2006; USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008, uncommon to rare. Pacific Northwest Shell Club 2013); Poulsbo/WA/Liberty Bay (2007, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Ballast Water

Regional Impacts

References

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