Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record?: New Zealand/Pacific Ocean (Darwin 1854); "of less certain native status' (Dromgoole and Foster 1983)
Geographic Extent
New Zealand/Pacific Ocean (Darwin 1854); Auckland, North Island/New Zealand/Hauraki Gulf (Jennings 1917, cited by Foster 1967; Dromgoole and Foster 1983); North Island/New Zealand/Waitemata and Whangarei Harbours to Mercury Bay (Hauraki Gulf) (1960, Cranfield et al. 1998)
Vectors
Level | Vector |
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Alternate | Hull Fouling |
Alternate | Ballast Water |