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 Impact | Parasite/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: 1-202Coles, 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