Species Regional Summary
Chthamalus fragilis
Chesapeake Bay ( M130 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: VA/Chesapeake Bay, Mobjack Bay, Bay Side (1916, USNM 79234, US National Museum of Natural History 2008, 'From Pine Stump Between Tides')

Geographic Extent

VA/York River, Chesapeake Bay (abundant in high intertidal of pilings and Spartina, Van Engle in Wass et al. 1972); Chesapeake Bay (Gosner 1978); Cape Charles/VA/Chesapeake Bay-Atlantic Ocean (Dando and Southward 1980); VA/Chesapeake Bay, Mobjack Bay, Bay Side (1916, USNM 79234, US National Museum of Natural History 2008, 'From Pine Stump Between Tides'); Smith Island, W Side Near N End/MD/Chesapeake Bay (1935, USNM 79235, US National Museum of Natural History 2008, 'From Grass Over Water, Intertidal'); Fisherman's Island/VA/Chesapeake Bay-Atlantic Ocean (1935, USNM 79236, USNM 79326, US National Museum of Natural History 2008)

Vectors

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Regional Impacts

References

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