Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record: Gloucester/MA/Massachusetts Bay (1878, YPM IZ 007723 CR, Yale Peabody Museum 2015, identified by E. A. Lazo-Wasem 1983 as M. acherusicum)
Geographic Extent
NH/Atlantic Ocean to central ME/Atlantic Ocean (Bousfield 1973); off Seabrook/NH/Atlantic Ocean (1978-1980, Grabe 1996, in plankton at night); Salem/MA/Salem Harbor (Massachusetts Bay) (MIT Sea Grant 2003); Gloucester/MA/Massachusetts Bay (1878, YPM IZ 007723 CR, Yale Peabody Museum 2015, identified by E. A. Lazo-Wasem 1983 as M. acherusicum); Boston/MA/Boston Harbor (Massachusetts Bay) (MIT Sea Grant 2003); Provincetoiwn/MA/Cape Cod Bay (YPM IZ 005308 CR, Yale Peabody Museum 2015, identified by Eric Mills, 1962)
Vectors
Level | Vector |
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Probable | Hull Fouling |