Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record: Newmarket/NH/Lamprey River (Great Bay) (Gaulin et al. 1986; Chester 1996; Blezard 19989
Geographic Extent
Newmarket/NH/Lamprey River (Great Bay) (Gaulin et al. 1986; Chester 1996; Blezard 1999)
Vectors
Level | Vector |
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Alternate | Hull Fouling |
Alternate | Oyster Accidental |
Alternate | Fisheries Accidental (not Oyster) |
Alternate | Aquatic Plant Shipments |
Regional Impacts
Ecological Impact | Food/Prey | |
Cordylophora caspia is apparently eaten by the nudibranch Tenellia adspersa, cryptogenic on the East Coast of North America, but widely introduced elsewhere (Gaulin et al. 1986; Chester 1997). | ||