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

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

None

Geographic Extent

Cotuit/MA/Nantucket Sound (Henry and McLaughlin 1975, collected 1964); RI/Pettaquamscutt River (Lang and Marcy 1982); Norwich/CT/Thames River (USNM 155426, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2002, collected 1936); RI/Pettaquamscutt River (Lang and Marcy 1982); CT/Quinnipiac River (Pilsbry 1916); NY/Long Island Sound (collected 1874, USNM 51875), U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2002); NY/Croton Bay, Hudson River (Crandall 1977); NY/Haverstraw Bay, Hudson River (1936, USNM 78674, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2002); NJ/Raritan Bay (Pearce 1974); Salem County/NJ/Alloway Creek (9 miles upstream from Delaware River, USNM 150123, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2002, collected 1973); DE/Delaware Bay (Henry and McLaughlin 1975); Kent County/MD/off Still Pond, Chesapeake Bay (1978, Henry and McLaughlin 1975); Wan Point Bar, Kent County/MD/Chesapeake Bay (Henry and McLaughlin 1975); Annapolis, Sandy Point/MD/Chesapeake Bay (Henry and McLaughlin 1975); Anne Arundel County/MD/South River (Henry and McLaughlin 1975); Cabin Creek Oyster Bar/MD/Choptank River, Chesapeake Bay (collected 1980, USNM 181525, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2002); Chesapeake Beach/MD/Chesapeake Bay (USNM 51788, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2002); Fairhaven/MD/Herring Bay (USNM 79225); Camp Roosevelt/MD/Chesapeake Bay (USNM 79213); Solomons Island/MD/Chesapeake Bay (1944, Henry and McLaughlin 1975); MD/Potomac River, Cornfield Harbor (USNM 85059); Riverside, Charles Co./MD/Potomac River (USNM 85058); Lower Cedar Point Bar/MD/Potomac River (USNM 85060); Poseys Bluff Bar/MD/Potomac River (1942, Henry and McLaughlin 1975); Liverpool Beach, Charles County/MD/Potomac River (1935, USNM 85068, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2002); Heron Island Bar/MD/Potomac River (USNM 97560, Henry and McLaughlin 1975); Blake Creek Bar/MD/Potomac River (USNM 97562, Henry and McLaughlin 1975); Swan Point Bar, Charles County/MD/Potomac River (USNM 97571); Marumsco Bar/MD/Pocomoke Sound (Kennedy and DiCosimo 1983); Brown Shoal, Newport News/VA/James River (1972, Larson 1985); Hog Island/VA/James River (Thompson 1993); Off Cape Henry Light/VA/Chesapeake Bay-Atlantic Ocean (USNM 58191, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2002)

Vectors

Level Vector

Regional Impacts

References

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