Species Regional Summary
Limnoria tripunctata
Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras ( NA-ET3 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

None

Geographic Extent

Chatham/MA/Atlantic Ocean (L. tuberculata, Menzies 1972?); off East Falmouth-Mashpee/MA//Vineyard -Nantucket Sounds (Menzies and Beckman 1958); Block Island/RI/Rhode Island Sound (Menzies 1957; Wallour 1960) ; Fishers Island/NY/Long Island Sound (1948, Menzies 1957, Wallour 1960); Long Island/NY/Sheepshead Bay (1950, Menzies 1967); Norfolk/VA/Chesapeake Bay (Menzies 1972)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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