Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: South Ponte Vedra Beach, St Johns County/FL/Guana Lake (also known as Lake Ponte Vedra) (USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2006)

Geographic Extent

Albemarle County, NW of Martins Point/NC/ Currituck Sound, (5/11/2020. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2020); Beaufort- Wrightsville BeachNC/Atlantic Ocean (9=-10/20, , NC Carteret County/NC/Atlantic Ocean (https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10158338897070412&id=30691); Bogue-Core Sounds (2007, Center for Aquatic Resource Studies 2007, establishment unknown); eastern tip of Sunset Beach (next to Tubbs Inlet, separating Sunset Beach from Ocean Isle Beach)/NC/Atlantic Ocean (2007, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007); Paradise Reef/SC/3 miles from Murrells Inlet, near Great Pee-Dee River (3/11/2020, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2020);Jetties.washed up on beach, establishment unknown); 3.3 mi SE of central Bull Island [E of Whitehall Terrace], near Charleston/SC/Atlantic Ocean (USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Programs 2007, establishment unknown); GA/shelf, 8 km off Wassaw Sound mouth, Atlantic Ocean (5/20/2007, Verity et al. 2011); GA/Wassaw Sound mouth, Atlantic Ocean (6/16/2007, Verity et al. 2011, establishment unknown); GA/shelf, 8 km off St. Catherines Sound mouth, Atlantic Ocean (6/16/2007, Verity et al. 2011); GA/St. Catherines Sound mouth, Atlantic Ocean (6/16/2007, Verity et al. 2011); GA/shelf, 8 km off Doboy Sound mouth, Atlantic Ocean (6/16/2007, Verity et al. 2011); GA/Doboy Sound mouth, Atlantic Ocean (6/16/2007, Verity et al. 2011); GA/Jekyll Sound mouth, Atlantic Ocean (6/16/2007, Verity et al. 2011); GA/shelf, 8 km off Jekyll Sound mouth, Atlantic Ocean (6/16/2007, Verity et al. 2011); Hilton Head Island/GA/Harbor River-Trenchards Inlet, St. Helena Sound (4/9/2020, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2020); found where Guana Lake flows into Guana River at the Guana River Dam. Guana River then flows into the Tolomato River and then out of the St Augustine Inlet into the Atlantic Ocean. Water temp - 28.5°C and salinity - 36ppt. Photos (2006, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2006)