Invasion
Invasion Description
1st record: Parksville, Vancouver Island/British Columbia/Straits of Georgia (USNM 32715, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2015, as Neopygospio laminifera Berkeley and Berkeley 1951)
Geographic Extent
Parksville, Vancouver Island/British Columbia/Straits of Georgia (USNM 32715, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2015, as Neopygospio laminifera Berkeley and Berkeley 1951); Vacouver//British Columbia/Vancouver Harbour (2008, Choi et al. 2016); WA/Padilla Bay (Riggs 2011); San Juan Islands/WA/False Bay, Strait of Georgia (8/12/1968, Banse 1972); WA/Skagit Bay (1979, Gallagher et al. 1983); Seattle/WA/Elliott Bay (2000, Cohen et al. 2001)
Vectors
| Level | Vector |
|---|---|
| Alternate | Oyster Accidental |
| Alternate | Ballast Water |
Regional Impacts
| Ecological Impact | Habitat Change | |
| The tube-building polychaetes Hobsonia florida, Pseudopolydora kempi and taniads (Tanais) sp. (Crustacea, Peracarida) facilitate the recruitment of other taxa to 10 cm-2 patches (Gallagher et al. 1983). | ||