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 unpublished data) Gosliner (personal communication 1997) identified Chesapeake specimens as "probably Favorinus auritulus".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 unpublished data)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 |
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Alternate | Ballast Water |
Alternate | Hull Fouling |