Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record? From fishing boat, Santa Cruz Island/Galapagos Islands/Pacific Ocean (1987, Carlton, personal observation.. Earlier, 1930s, deepwater collectsions by Velero cruises were a different species (McCann et al. 2019)

Geographic Extent

SERC 234068 Academy Bay, SERC 232903, 233132, 234147 Franklin’s Bay, Santa Cruz Island collected April 2016; SERC 2541, 2554, 2555, 2610 Tortuga Bay, Santa Cruz Island, collected February 2015; SERC 232847, 310268 (Genbank #MK359659), 311822, 311921, 311922 (Genbank #MK359661), 234187, 232855, 232856 (Genbank #MK359658), 310424 (Genbank #MK359660), Baltra Island, collected April 2016 (McCann et al. 2019)