Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Newport Beach/CA/Newport Bay (1947, 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

Newport Beach/CA/Newport Bay (1947, Menzies 1957); Newport Beach/CA/Newport Bay (1948, Mohr and Leveque 1948, cited by Carlton 1979)