Taxonomic GroupNameYearInvasion StatusPopulation StatusVectors
Crustaceans-BarnaclesAmphibalanus improvisus1948DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling, Natural Dispersal
NematodesAnguillicola crassus*1988DefiniteEstablishedFisheries Accidental (not Oyster)
Crustaceans-CladoceransCercopagis pengoi*2002DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Natural Dispersal
Cnidarians-HydrozoansCordylophora caspia1895DefiniteEstablishedCanal, Hull Fouling
Mollusks-BivalvesDreissena bugensis2014DefiniteEstablishedCanal
Mollusks-BivalvesDreissena polymorpha1824DefiniteEstablishedCanal
Crustaceans-CrabsEriocheir sinensis1928DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling, Natural Dispersal
Crustaceans-CopepodsEurytemora carolleeae2013DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water
Crustaceans-AmphipodsGammarus tigrinus1991DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Canal
Crustaceans-MysidsHemimysis anomala*2001DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Canal, Natural Dispersal
Annelids-PolychaetesMarenzelleria viridis1985DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water
CtenophoresMnemiopsis leidyi*2007DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Natural Dispersal
Mollusks-BivalvesMya arenariaNoneDefiniteEstablishedDry Ballast, Fisheries Intentional, Natural Dispersal
FishesNeogobius melanostomus*1996DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Natural Dispersal
Crustaceans-ShrimpPalaemon elegans2004DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water
Mollusks-GastropodsPotamopyrgus antipodarum1900DefiniteEstablishedCargo, Dry Ballast, Natural Dispersal, Packing Material
PlatyhelminthesPseudodactylogyrus anguillae*1986DefiniteEstablishedFisheries Accidental (not Oyster)
Mollusks-BivalvesRangia cuneata2018DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water
Crustaceans-CrabsRhithropanopeus harrisii1955DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
* = Species summary still under review.