Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record: Everett/WA/Steamboat Slough (Puget Sound) (1940, Banse 1979)
Geographic Extent
WA/Skagit Bay (1974, Banse 11979; Gallagher et al. 1983); Everett/WA/Steamboat Slough (Puget Sound) (1940, Banse 1979, 48 02 10N, 122 02 50W); Seattle/WA/Kellog Island Passage, Elliot Bay (Cohen et al. 2001); Seattle/WA/Turning Basin, Elliot Bay (Cohen et al. 2001);
Vectors
Level | Vector |
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Alternate | Oyster Accidental |
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 azoic patches (Gallagher et al. 1983). | ||