Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Wellington, North Island/New Zealand/Cook Straits (1949, Ralph and Hurley 1952, cited by Gordon and Matawari 1992)

Geographic Extent

"almost all ports"/Marsden Point and Whangarei Port, North Island/New Zealand/Whangarei Harbour (Inglis et al. 2006e); New Zealand/Pacific Ocean; Wellington, North Island/New Zealand/Cook Straits (1949, Ralph and Hurley 1952, cited by Gordon and Matawari 1992; 2001, Mackie 2006); Opua/North Island/Pacific Ocean (Gordon and Matawari 1992)