Invasion
Invasion Description
1st record: Oakland/CA/Oakland Estuary, San Francisco Bay (1896, Carlton 1979)
Geographic Extent
CA/Tomales Bay (Light 1941, cited by Carlton 1979); Oakland/CA/ Oakland Estuary, San Francisco Bay (Carlton 1979); CA/San Pablo Bay-Antioch (Cohen and Carlton 1995); Dumbarton Bridge/CA/South San Francisco Bay (Cohen and Carlton 1995); Sherman Island/CA/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Hopkins 1986); CA/Suisun Bay (Hopkins 1986); Port Sonoma/CA/San Pablo Bay (2004, Cohen et al. 2005); China Camp/CA/San Pablo Bay (2005, Robinson et al. 2011); Richmond Marina/CA/San Francisco Bay (2004, Cohen et al. 2005); Napa Valley Marina/CA/Napa River (2004, Cohen et al. 2005); Rodeo Marina/CA/San Pablo Bay (2004, Cohen et al. 2005); Sierra Point Marina/CA/South San Francisco Bay (2004, Cohen et al. 2005); Pier 39, San Francisco/CA/San Francisco Bay (2004, Cohen et al. 2005); Petaluma/CA/Petaluma River Turning Basin (2004, Cohen et al. 2005); cargo ship 'Florikan'/CA/Suisun Bay (Llanso et al. 2011); CA/San Francisco Bay (2015, Ruiz an Geller 2021)
Vectors
| Level | Vector |
|---|---|
| Alternate | Oyster Accidental |
| Alternate | Hull Fouling |
| Alternate | Ballast Water |
Regional Impacts
| Ecological Impact | Food/Prey | |
| Alitta succinea was eaten by 11 species of shorebirds at Palo Alto CA, on South San Francisco Bay. For four of these species [Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus), Long-Billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus), Dunlin (Calidris alpina), Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)] A. succinea was more than 50% of gut contents (Recher 1966). | ||