Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Samoa/CA/Arcata Bay (1949, Menzies 1957) This gribble (wood-boring isopod) was long mis-identified as Limnoria lignorum- it was probably widespread on the California coast by the 19th century).

Geographic Extent

Samoa/CA/Arcata Bay (1949, Menzies 1957); Eureka Marina/CA/Humboldt Bay (2000, Boyd et al. 2002); Bracut/CA/Humboldt Bay (2000, Boyd et al. 2002)