Species Regional Summary
Melita nitida
Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras ( NA-ET3 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

Type Locality: Woods Hole/MA/Viinyard Sound-Buzzard's Bay

Geographic Extent

MA-VA; Dennis-Yarmouth/MA/Bass River (Bousfield 1973); Bourne/MA/Pocasset River (Bousfield 1973); RI/Narragansett Bay (Bousfield 1973); Atlantic Ocean. USA. NJ/Great Egg Harbor (1871, YPM IZ 001247 CR, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History 2015); North Channel Bridge, Brooklyn/NY/Jamaica Bay (Borowsky 1980); NJ-DE/Delaware Bay (Watling and Maurer 1972); MD-VA/Chesapeake Bay (Feeley and Wass 1971): Wachapreague/VA/Atlantic Ocean (1960, USNM 191015, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2015)

Vectors

Level Vector

Regional Impacts

References

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