Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record: inlet near the south end of Folly Beach, Charleston County/SC/Atlantic Ocean (2006, USGS Nonindigenous Species Program 2006, only one specimen collected)
Geographic Extent
inlet near the south end of Folly Beach, Charleston County/SC/Atlantic Ocean (2006, USGS Nonindigenous Species Program 2006, only one specimen collected); Charleston Maritime docks/SC/Charlestown Harbor (32.7893333, -79.924167, 2007, established, on floats of docks 0.3 m below surface, USGS Nonindigenous Species Program 2007; Baker 2007, common in summer); Folly Island, Charleston/SC/Charleston Harbor (8/2006, Crickenberger et al. 2009, 1 specimen)
Vectors
Level | Vector |
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Alternate | Hull Fouling |
Alternate | Ballast Water |
Alternate | Natural Dispersal |