Species Regional Summary
Ocinebrellus inornatus
_CDA_P293 (Strait of Georgia) ( P293 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Whatcom County/WA/Samish Bay (1924, Kincaid 1947, cited by Carlton 1979)

Geographic Extent

Whatcom County/WA/Bellingham Bay (1926, Dall 1926, cited by Carlton 1979); Whatcom County/WA/Samish Bay (1924, Kincaid 1947, cited by Carlton 1979)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Oyster Accidental

Regional Impacts

Economic ImpactFisheries
Ocinebrellus inornatus is 'very destructive to native oysters in Puget Sound' (Galtsoff 1932).
 
Ecological ImpactPredation
Ocinebrellus inornatus is 'very destructive to native oysters in Puget Sound' (Galtsoff 1932). The feeding rate on mussels is about 2X that of the native Nucella lamellosa (Wlliams and McDonald 2009, O. inornatus from Samish Bay.)
 

References

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