Species Regional Summary
Favorinus sp.
Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras ( NA-ET3 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Norfolk/VA/Hampton Roads (1994, Ruiz et al. unpublished data) Gosliner (personal communication 1997) identified Chesapeake specimens as "probably Favorinus auritulus". Subsequent specimens match color patterns of F. auritulus, but have not been confirmed by an expert taxonomis.

Geographic Extent

Norfolk/VA/Hampton Roads (1994, Ruiz et al. unpublished data)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Ballast Water
Alternate Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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