Species Regional Summary
Crassostrea virginica
None ( SP-XXI )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Oahu/HI/Pearl Harbor (1866, Coles et al. 1999)

Geographic Extent

Oahu/Pearl Harbor (1866, Coles et al. 1999; Carlton and Eldredge 2009); Oahu/Hi/Kaneohe Bay (1921, Kaneohe Bay, Carlton and Eldredge 2009)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Oyster-Intentional

Regional Impacts

Ecological ImpactParasite/Predator Vector
Crassostrea virginica, stocked in Pearl Harbor, apparently carried the protistan parasite Perkinsus marinus, which caused 'Dermo' disease and massive mortalities in Eastern Oysters in the harbor in 1972. However, there are no reports of this parasite affecting other invertebrates at that time (Kern et al. 1973; Carlton and Eldredge 2009).
 

References

Carlton, James T.; Eldredge, Lucius (2009) Marine bioinvasions of Hawaii: The introduced and cryptogenic marine and estuarine animals and plants of the Hawaiian archipelago., Bishop Museum Bulletin in Cultural and Environmental Studies 4: 1-202

Coles, S. L.; DeFelice, R. C.; Eldredge, L. G.; Carlton, J. T. (1999b) Historical and recent introductions of non-indigenous marine species into Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands., Marine Biology 135(1): 147-158

Eldredge, L. G.; Smith, C. M. (2001) Introduced marine species of Hawaii, Bishop Museum Technical Report 21: 1-60

Kern, Frederick G.; Sullivan, L. Cecelia; Takata, Michio (1973) Labyrinthomyxa-like organisms associated with mass mortalities of oysters, Crassostrea virginica, from Hawaii, Proceedings of the National Shellfisheries Association 63: 43-46


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