Invasion

Invasion Description

Some Korean specimens are considered to belong to the subspecies A. valida shimizuensis. Their invasion status is uncertain. Others fit the original description of A. valida (Kim and Kim 1988).

Geographic Extent

Taedaepo/South Korea/Korea Straits (1982, Kim and Kim 1988, A. v. valida); Xiamen, Fujian Province/China/Yundang Lagoon, East China Sea (Zheng et al. 2013); Jeju Island/South Korea/East China Sea (Shin et al. 2005);