Invasion

Invasion Description

1st record: CA/Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbors (1931, established, Zibrouwius 1970, cited by Carlton 1979).

Geographic Extent

Venice/CA/Marina del Rey, Santa Monica Bay (1972, established, Reish 1972, cited by Carlton 1979; Ruiz and Geller 2021 ); 10 km from Pt. Vicente, lighthouse/CA/Pacific Ocean (Oct. 28, 1953, Bastida-Zavala 2008, 3º44'02N, 118º32'03W, Velero IV, sta. 2475, peel grab, mud, specimen attached to hexactinellid sponge, 740 m); 11.5 km from Palos Verdes Point/CA/Pacific Ocean (May 22, 1954, Bastida-Zavala 2008,Velero IV, sta. 2792, Hayward grab, mud, 600 m); CA/Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbors (1931, established, Zibrowius 1970, cited by Carlton 1979); Long Beach Downtown Marina/CA/Long Beach Harbor (2000, Cohen et al., established); CA/Long Beach (2017, Ruiz and Geller 2021; CA/Colorado Lagoon (2000, Cohen et al., established); CA/Alamitos Bay (1952, Reish and Winter 1954, cited by Carlton 1979, established); CA/Anaheim Bay (1972, established, Reish 1972, cited by Carlton 1979); off Avalon, Santa Catalina Island/CA/Pacific Ocean (Aug. 3,1941, Bastida-Zavala 2008, 33º21'03N, 118º19'55W, Velero III, sta. 1377, grey sand, 110 m, , as Serpula sp.); CA/Newport Bay (1938, Ziborouwius 1971, USNM 41090, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2007, 1941, established, Berkeley and Berkeley 1941, cited by Carlton 1979); Corona del Mar/CA/Newport Bay (1938, USNM 42726, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2007);  San Diego/CA/San Diego Bay (1948, Carlton 1979); CA/Newport Bay (2017, Ruiz and Geller 2021); San Diego Bay (Bait Dock; Cabrillo Isle Marina; Crosby St. Pier; Island Palm Marina, Shelter Island; NAB ACU-1 Docks; Navy Ammo Dock, Pier Bravo)/CA/San Diego Bay (Ruiz et al., unpublished data; Bastida-Zavala et al. 2017); CA/San Diego Bay (2013, Ruiz and Geller 2021); Ensenada/Baja California Norte/Mexico/-bahía Salsipuedes (Díaz-Castañeda & Valenzuela-Solano, 2009, cited by cited by Villalobos-Guerrero et al., in Low-Pfeng and Recagno 2012)