Taxonomic GroupNameYearInvasion StatusPopulation StatusVectors
Annelids-PolychaetesAlitta succineaNoneDefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
BryozoansAmathia verticillata1986DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling, Oyster Accidental
Crustaceans-BarnaclesAmphibalanus amphitrite1937DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Crustaceans-BarnaclesAmphibalanus eburneus1963DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Crustaceans-BarnaclesAmphibalanus improvisus1963DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Arthropoda-InsectsAnisolabis maritimaNoneDefiniteEstablishedCargo, Dry Ballast
TunicatesAscidiella aspersa2010DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
Cnidarians-HydrozoansBlackfordia virginica1962DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
TunicatesBotrylloides diegensis2017DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
BryozoansBugulina stolonifera1950DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
BryozoansCelleporaria brunnea*2004DefiniteEstablishedNone
TunicatesClavelina lepadiformis2011DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
Cnidarians-HydrozoansCordylophora caspia1984DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
Mollusks-GastropodsCrepidula onyx1983DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Mollusks-GastropodsCuthona perca1993DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
AlgaeDumontia contorta*2015DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Cnidarians-HydrozoansEctopleura crocea1959DefiniteEstablishedNone
Cnidarians-HydrozoansEudendrium carneum1975DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
FishesGambusia affinis1911DefiniteEstablishedBiocontrol
SpongesHalichondria bowerbanki*2008DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
Annelids-PolychaetesHydroides dianthus2016DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Crustaceans-AmphipodsJassa marmorata1981DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Cnidarians-HydrozoansMaeotias marginata1985DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
TunicatesMicrocosmus squamiger2022DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
TunicatesMolgula manhattensis2001DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
Crustaceans-AmphipodsMonocorophium acherusicum1956DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Crustaceans-AmphipodsMonocorophium insidiosumNoneDefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Mollusks-BivalvesMytella strigata2019DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Fisheries Accidental (not Oyster), Hull Fouling
Mollusks-BivalvesMytilopsis sallei*1990DefiniteEstablishedFisheries Intentional
Mollusks-BivalvesMytilus galloprovincialis1950DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Fisheries Intentional, Hull Fouling, Natural Dispersal
FishesOreochromis mossambicus1982DefiniteEstablishedFisheries Accidental (not Oyster), Fisheries Intentional
Mollusks-BivalvesPerna viridis2000DefiniteEstablishedFisheries Intentional
TunicatesPolyandrocarpa zorritensis1991DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
Mollusks-GastropodsPolycera hedgpethiNoneDefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Annelids-PolychaetesPolydora cornuta1990DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Crustaceans-CrabsPyromaia tuberculataNoneDefiniteEstablishedNone
Crustaceans-IsopodsSphaeroma walkeri2001DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
AlgaeStictyosiphon soriferus*2005DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
* = Species summary still under review.