Invasion
Invasion Description
1st record: Norfolk, Ocean Park Bridge/VA/Hampton Roads, Chesapeake Bay (6/24/1967, Henry and McLaughlin 1975); Hyannis/MA/West Bay. Nantucket Sound (1963, not established, Zullo 1966); New York/NY/New York City Harbor (1925, not established, "Collected From Ship's Bottom, New York", USNM 155409, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2002)
Geographic Extent
Hyannis/MA/West Bay. Nantucket Sound (1963, not established, Zullo 1966); Popes Island Marina, New Bedford/MA/Buzzards Bay (2013, Wells et al. 2014, not established); Mystic/CT/Mystic River estuary, Fishers Island Sound (1990, Carlton et al. 2010), ont established; Avery Point, Groton/CT/ Fishers Island Sound (2000, Whitlatch, personal communication, cited by Carlton et al. 2010); Norfolk, Ocean Park Bridge/VA/Hampton Roads, Chesapeake Bay (1967, Henry and McLaughlin 1975); Virginia Beach/VA/Lynnhaven Bay (2001, 2002, on SERC plates, Ruiz et al., unpublished data)
Vectors
| Level | Vector |
|---|---|
| Alternate | Hull Fouling |
| Alternate | Ballast Water |
| Alternate | Natural Dispersal |
Regional Impacts
References
Henry, Dora P.; McLaughlin, Patsy A. (1975) The barnacles of the Balanus amphitrite complex (Cirripedia, Thoracica)., Zoologische Verhandelingen 141: 1-2032002-2021 Invertebrate Zoology Collections Database. <missing description>
Wells, Christopher D. and 23 authors (2014) Report on the 2013 rapid assessment survey of marine species at New England bays and harbors, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, Boston MA. Pp. 32
Zullo, Victor A. (1966) Thoracic cirripedia from the continental shelf of South Carolina USA., Crustaceana 11(3): 229-244
Zullo, Victor A.; Beach, Dea B.; Carlton, James T. (1972) New barnacle records (Cirripedia, Thoracica), Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 39(6): 65-74