Taxonomic GroupNameYearInvasion StatusPopulation StatusVectors
FishesAmeiurus catus1949DefiniteEstablishedNone
NematodesAnguillicola crassus*2005DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Fisheries Accidental (not Oyster), Natural Dispersal
Arthropoda-InsectsAnisolabis maritima1911DefiniteEstablishedCargo, Discarded Bait
TunicatesAscidiella aspersa2000DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
ProtozoansBonamia ostreae*1991DefiniteEstablishedOyster Accidental
AlgaeBonnemaisonia hamifera1957DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
TunicatesBotrylloides violaceus1981DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
BryozoansBugula neritina2000DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
BryozoansBugulina simplex1982DefiniteEstablishedNone
Crustaceans-AmphipodsCaprella mutica2000DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Crustaceans-CrabsCarcinus maenas1872DefiniteEstablishedDry Ballast, Hull Fouling, Natural Dispersal
Crustaceans-AmphipodsChelura terebrans1879DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
Arthropoda-InsectsChilacis typhae*1993DefiniteEstablishedNone
Crustaceans-BarnaclesChthamalus fragilis1963DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Canal, Hull Fouling
TunicatesCiona intestinalis2018DefiniteEstablishedNone
TunicatesCiona intestinalis1838DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
AlgaeCodium fragile ssp. Fragile1964DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Canal, Hull Fouling, Natural Dispersal, Oyster Accidental
AlgaeColpomenia peregrina*1970DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
PlatyhelminthesConvoluta convoluta*1995DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Mollusks-BivalvesCorbicula fluminea2015DefiniteEstablishedNone
Cnidarians-HydrozoansCordylophora caspia1912DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
Crustaceans-AmphipodsCorophium volutator1924DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Dry Ballast
PlatyhelminthesCryptocotyle lingua*1956DefiniteEstablishedDry Ballast, Fisheries Accidental (not Oyster), Fisheries Intentional, Hull Fouling
FishesCyprinus carpio1880DefiniteEstablishedNone
AlgaeDasysiphonia japonica2010DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling, Natural Dispersal
Cnidarians-AnthozoansDiadumene lineata1899DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
TunicatesDidemnum vexillum1982DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
TunicatesDiplosoma listerianum1981DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
Mollusks-NudibranchsDoris pseudoargus2017DefiniteEstablishedNone
AlgaeDumontia contorta*1913DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Mollusks-GastropodsDuvaucelia plebeia1983DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
FishesEsox lucius*2011DefiniteEstablishedNone
AlgaeFucus serratus*1948DefiniteEstablishedDry Ballast, Hull Fouling
Arthropoda-InsectsGalerucella calmariensis*1998DefiniteEstablishedNone
Arthropoda-InsectsGalerucella pusilla*1998DefiniteEstablishedNone
Cnidarians-HydrozoansGonionemus vertens1973DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling, Oyster Accidental
AlgaeGracilaria vermiculophylla2000DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling, Natural Dispersal
Crustaceans-AmphipodsGrandidierella japonica2018DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
AlgaeGrateloupia turuturu2007DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Canal, Hull Fouling
ProtozoansHaplosporidium nelsoni*1967DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling, Oyster Accidental
Annelids-PolychaetesHediste diversicolor1922DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Dry Ballast
Crustaceans-CrabsHemigrapsus sanguineus1994DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Canal, Hull Fouling, Natural Dispersal
Crustaceans-IsopodsIaniropsis serricaudis2007DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Annelids-PolychaetesJanua heterostropha2000DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
BryozoansJuxtacribrilina mutabilis2018DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
FishesLepomis macrochirusNoneDefiniteEstablishedNone
AlgaeLeptosiphonia brodiei*NoneDefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Crustaceans-IsopodsLigia oceanica1933DefiniteEstablishedCargo, Dry Ballast
Mollusks-GastropodsLittorina littorea1861DefiniteEstablishedDry Ballast, Hull Fouling, Natural Dispersal
AlgaeLomentaria clavellosa*1963DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
AlgaeLomentaria orcadensis*1873DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
AlgaeMelanosiphon intestinalis*19DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
BryozoansMembranipora membranacea1987DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Crustaceans-AmphipodsMicrodeutopus gryllotalpa1879DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
FishesMicropterus dolomieu1868DefiniteEstablishedNone
FishesMicropterus salmoides1940DefiniteEstablishedNone
Mollusks-GastropodsMyosotella myosotis1841DefiniteEstablishedCargo, Dry Ballast
Mollusks-BivalvesMytilopsis leucophaeata1995DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Arthropoda-InsectsNacerdes melanura*NoneDefiniteEstablishedNone
AlgaeNeopyropia katadae*2005DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Fisheries Accidental (not Oyster), Hull Fouling
AlgaeNeopyropia koreana*2004DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
AlgaeNeopyropia yezoensis*1965DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Fisheries Accidental (not Oyster), Hull Fouling
Crustaceans-AmphipodsOrchestia gammarellus1864DefiniteEstablishedDry Ballast
Mollusks-BivalvesOstrea edulis1949DefiniteEstablishedOyster Intentional
Crustaceans-ShrimpPalaemon elegans2010DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water
Crustaceans-ShrimpPalaemon macrodactylus2012DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water
ProtozoansPerkinsus marinus*1991DefiniteEstablishedOyster Accidental
Arthropoda-InsectsPetrobius brevistylis*1956DefiniteEstablishedCargo, Dry Ballast
AlgaePhycocalidia suborbiculata*2017DefiniteEstablishedNone
FishesPimephales promelas1999DefiniteEstablishedNone
Annelids-PolychaetesPolydora onagawaensis*2018DefiniteEstablishedOyster Accidental
FishesPomoxis nigromaculatus1983DefiniteEstablishedNone
Crustaceans-MysidsPraunus flexuosus1960DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water
Arthropoda-InsectsPselactus spadix*1936DefiniteEstablishedCargo, Hull Fouling
PlatyhelminthesPseudodactylogyrus anguillae*1992DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Fisheries Accidental (not Oyster)
FishesSalmo trutta*1885DefiniteEstablishedFisheries Intentional
Arthropoda-InsectsSclerocona acutella*2020DefiniteEstablishedNone
AlgaeStriaria attenuata*1985DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
TunicatesStyela canopus1852DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
TunicatesStyela clava1970DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
Mollusks-BivalvesTeredo navalis1893DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling, Natural Dispersal
BryozoansTricellaria inopinata2013DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
AlgaeUlonema rhizophorum*1969DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
AlgaeUlva australis1966DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
* = Species summary still under review.