Species Regional Summary
Amphibalanus amphitrite
Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras ( NA-ET3 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

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Bay (1967, Henry and McLaughlin 1975); Virginia Beach/VA/Lynnhaven Bay (2001, 2002, on SERC plates, Ruiz et al., unpublished data)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: 1-203

2002-2021 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


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