Species Regional Summary
Carcinus maenas
None ( AUS-VIII )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Victoria/Port Phillip Bay (1900, Fulton and Grant 1900)

Geographic Extent

Victoria/Port Phillip Bay (1900, Fulton and Grant 1900); Queenscliff/Victoria/Port Phillip Bay (1998, Thresher et al. 2003); Geelong/Victoria/Port Phillip Bay (1998, Thresher et al. 2003); Point Wilson/Victoria/Port Phillip Bay (1998, Thresher et al. 2003); Point Cook/Victoria/Port Phillip Bay (1998, Thresher et al. 2003); Melbourne/Victoria/Port Phillip Bay (1998, Thresher et al. 2003); Portsea/Melbourne/Victoria/Port Phillip Bay (1998, Thresher et al. 2003); Quail Island/Victoria/Westernport Bay (1998, Thresher et al. 2003); Wonthaggi/Victoria/Indian Ocean (1998, Thresher et al. 2003); Welshpool/Victoria/Indian Ocean (1998, Thresher et al. 2003); Port Albert/Victoria/Indian Ocean (1998, Thresher et al. 2003); Woodside/Victoria/Indian Ocean (1998, Thresher et al. 2003); Mallacoota/Victoria/Mallacoota Inlet (1953, Allen 1953; Thresher et al. 2003); Tasmania/Georges Bay (1993, Thresher et al. 2003); Stanley/Tasmania/Bass Strait (1998, Thresher et al. 2003); Wynyard/Tasmania/Bass Strait (1998, Thresher et al. 2003); Burnie/Tasmania/Bass Strait (1998, Thresher et al. 2003); Ulverstone/Tasmania/Bass Strait (1998, Thresher et al. 2003); Devonport/Tasmania/Bass Strait (1998, Thresher et al. 2003)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling
Alternate Dry Ballast
Alternate Ballast Water

Regional Impacts

References

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