Species Regional Summary
Amphibalanus amphitrite
None ( SP-XXI )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st record: Honolulu (Oahu)/HI/Honolulu Harbor (1902, Henry and McLaughlin 1975; USNM 32517, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2002; Carlton and Eldredge 2009)

Geographic Extent

Honolulu (Oahu)/HI/Honolulu Harbor (USNM 32517, Henry and McLaughlin 1975, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2002); Oahu/HI/Pearl Harbor (USNM 155402-3, 155405-155407, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2002); Oahu/HI/Kaneohe Bay; Throughout the main Hawaiian islands; Nauwilwili, Kauai/HI/Nauwilwili Harbor (Coles et al. 2004; 21 57 26.1N; 159 21 39.7W); Maui/HI/Kahulului Harbor (2003, Coles et al. 2004, 20 45 05; 156 26 9.6); Oahu/HI/Kaneohe Bay (now mostly replaced by A. reticulatus and Chthamalus proteus, but common in low salinity settings, Zabin 2009)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Ballast Water
Alternate Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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