Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Oakland/CA/(Lake Merritt) San Francisco Bay (Carlton 1979; Cohen and Carlton 1995).

Geographic Extent

Oakland/CA/(Lake Merritt) San Francisco Bay (Carlton 1979; Cohen and Carlton 1995; 1965, USNM 1105499, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2015). [Transorchestia enigmatica is known only from this site. This species probably originated from the coasts of Chile and/or Peru, but has not yet been found there (Carlton 1979; Cohen and Carlton 1995)]