Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record- Honshu/Japan/Mutsu Bay (1926, Lambert 2009, probably native to Japan)

Geographic Extent

Asamushi Marine Biological Station, Mutsu Bay, Asamushi/Honshu/Japan (July 13, 2007, USGS Woods Hole Marine Science Center 2008, approx. 40 deg 53.50 min N, 140 deg 51.61 min E, Identified by G. Lambert, UW); Coastal Research Center, Otsuchi Bay, Otsuchi, Honshu/Japan (May 30, 2007. , USGS Woods Hole Marine Science Center 2008, approx. 39 deg 21.23 min N, 141 deg 55.13 min E, Identified by G. Lambert, UW).