Species Regional Summary
Neomysis japonica
San Francisco Bay ( P090 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Petaluma/CA/Petaluma River Boat Basin (2004, Cohen et al. 2005; Modlin in Carlton 2007, 1st definite identification). This mysid may have appeared as early as 1996, in the upper San Francisco estuary, and then was identified as the native N. kadiakensis (Baxter and Heib 2006; Modlin, in Carlton 2007)

Geographic Extent

Petaluma/CA/Petaluma River Boat Basin (2004, Cohen et al. 2005; Modlin in Carlton 2007); CA/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Suisun Bay (1996, as N. kadiakensis, Baxter and Heib 2006?); China Camp marsh/CA/San Pablo Bay (2002-2003, Dean et al. 2005, N. kadiakensis, in part?)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Ballast Water

Regional Impacts

References

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