Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: AL/Mississippi Sound north of Dauphin Island and south of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in the area of Tall Range C. (around longitude 88 12.745) (2006, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2006)

Geographic Extent

off Pascagoula/MS/Mississippi Sound (9/21/09, 7/29/09, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2009); near Bellefontaine Point, Jackson County/MS/Gulf of Mexico (6/16/2012, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2012); AL/Mississippi Sound north of Dauphin Island and south of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in the area of Tall Range C. (around longitude 88 12.745) (2006, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2006); 0.5 mi S of Dauphin Island near the Katrina cut/AL/Gulf of Mexico (3/11/2009, 4/11/2009, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2011); south of Grand Bay/AL/Mississippi Sound (7/19/2009, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2011); south of Cat Island/AL/Mississippi Sound (9/17/2009, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2011); AL/Bayou La Batre (7/18/2011, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2011)