Invasion
Invasion Description
1st record: CA/Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbors (Mohr and Leveque 1948, cited by Carlton 1979; 1950, Barnard 1958, throughout the whole harbor system)
Geographic Extent
Santa Barbara/CA/Santa Barbara Harbor (2011, California Department of Fish and Wildlife 2014); Anacapa Island Marina, Oxnard /CA/Channel Islands Harbor (2000, Cohen et al. 2002); Jacks Landing, Oxnard /CA/Channel Islands Harbor (2000, Cohen et al. 2002; 2011, California Department of Fish and Wildlife 2014); Oxnard/CA/Port Huemene (1962, Reish 1965, cited by Carlton 1979; 2000, Cohen et al. 2002; 2011, California Department of Fish and Wildlife 2014); CA/Mugu Lagoon (1978, Carlton 1979); Venice/CA/Marina del Rey (2000, Cohen et al. 2002); Redondo Beach/CA/King Harbor (2000, Cohen et al. 2002); CA/Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbors (Mohr and Leveque 1948, cited by Carlton 1979; 1950, Barnard 1958, throughout the whole harbor system; 2011, California Department of Fish and Wildlife 2014); CA/Long Beach Harbor (2017, 3 of 10 hard substrate survey stations, Ruiz and Geller 2021); Huntington Beach/CA/Huntington Harbor (2001, Fairey et al. 2002; 2011, California Department of Fish and Wildlife 2014); CA/Anaheim Bay (Reish et al. 1975, cited by Carlton 1979); Long Beach Yacht Club/CA/Alamitos Bay (2000, Cohen et al. 2002); CA/Colorado Lagoon (2000, Cohen et al. 2002); CA/Newport Bay (Shoemaker 1947; Carlton 1979; 2011, California Department of Fish and Wildlife 2014; 2017, Ruiz and Geller 2021, 7 of 10 site); Dana Point/CA/ Dana Point Harbor (2000, Cohen et al. 2002; 2011, California Department of Fish and Wildlife 2014); Oceanside/CA/Oceanside Harbor 2000, Cohen et al. 2002; 2011, California Department of Fish and Wildlife 2014); Snug Harbor Marina/CA/Aqua Hedionda Lagoon (2000, Cohen et al. 2002); San Diego/CA/Mission Bay (2011, California Department of Fish and Wildlife 2014); CA/San Diego Bay (1950, Barnard 1959, cited by Carlton 1979); Ensenada/Mexico/Pacific Ocean (1951, Barnard 1959, cited by Carlton 1979); Baja California/Mexico/Bahia de San Quintin (1960, USNM 109093, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2015; Barnard 1964, cited by Carlton 1979; Rodríguez-Almaraz and García-Madrigal 2014)
Vectors
Level | Vector |
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Alternate | Hull Fouling |
Alternate | Ballast Water |
Regional Impacts
Economic Impact | Shipping/Boating | |
Monocorophium acherusicum fouls pilings, covering them with masses of tubes covered with sediment, but perhaps a benefit by discouraging boring organisms (Barnard 1958). | ||
Ecological Impact | Habitat Change | |
Dense masses of corophiid tubes may discourage settlement by boring organisms and by other foulers, such as the tunicate Ciona intestinalis (Barnard 1958). They also may provide habitat for other organisms, such as predatory polychaetes (Barnard 1958). | ||