Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: about 1/2 mile off Bogue Banks, Carteret County/NC/Atlantic Ocean (2008, USGS Nonindigenous Species Program 2008, 1 specimen)

Geographic Extent

about 1/2 mile off Bogue Banks, Carteret County/NC/Atlantic Ocean (2008, USGS Nonindigenous Species Program 2008, 1 specimen); Carteret County/NC/Newport River (10/1/2009, USGS Nonindigenous Species Program 2009); Beaufort/NC/Beaufort Harbor (10/11/2009, USGS Nonindigenous Species Program 2009); Onslow County/NC/Bogue Sound, south of Sanders Creek (10/4/2009, USGS Nonindigenous Species Program 2009); southeast of Camp Lejeune/NC/Bear Inlet (9/24/09, USGS Nonindigenous Species Program 2009)