Species Regional Summary
Carcinus maenas
_CDA_M023 (Narragansett) ( M023 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Point Judith/RI/Rhode Island Sound (1851, Leidy 1855)

Geographic Extent

Point Judith/RI/Rhode Island Sound (1851, Leidy 1855); Narragansett/RI/Pettaquamscutt River (Ropes 1989); Washington Co./RI/Point Judith Pond (2003, de Rivera et al. 2005); Point Judith Pond Marina, Wakefield/RI/Point Judith Pond (2019, Pederrson et al. 2021).

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Dry Ballast
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Natural Dispersal

Regional Impacts

References

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