Invasion

Invasion Description

1st record: Beaufort/NC/Newport River (1929, Pearse 1936; Field 1949)

Geographic Extent

Beaufort/NC/Newport River (1929, Pearse 1936; Field 1949); Off North Carolina/NC/Atlantic Ocean, 35.341667 -75.358333 (1980, USNM 72402, U.S.National Museum of Natural History 2007); SC/'most inshore areas' (Calder and Hester 1978); St. Catherines Island/GA/St. Catherines Sound (Prezant et al. 2002)