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Scientific Name:
Styela clava Herdman, 1881 (ITIS)
Common Name:
Clubbed tunicate, stalked sea squirt, solitary sea squirt, leathery sea squirt, Pacific rough sea squirt, Asian sea squirt
Native To:
Eastern Asia (Clarke and Therriault 2007)
Date of U.S. Introduction:
First observed on the Pacific coast in the 1930s (Clarke and Therriault 2007)
Means of Introduction:
Probably introduced accidentally on the hulls of ships or with imported oysters (Clarke and Therriault 2007)
Impact:
Competes with and displaces native species (Clarke and Therriault 2007)
Current U.S. Distribution:
Coastal regions of New England and the Western U.S.
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Council or Task Force
Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office. Washington Invasive Species Council.
Partnership
San Francisco Estuary Institute; Center for Research on Aquatic Bioinvasions.
European Network on Invasive Alien Species.
See also: NOBANIS Fact Sheets for invasive alien species of the European region, covering both animals and plants, as well as microorganisms
IUCN. Species Survival Commission. Invasive Species Specialist Group.
Federal Government
Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Marine Invasions Research Lab.
International Government
New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries.
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (New Zealand).
Academic
University of Washington. Washington Sea Grant Program.
Citations
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Styela clava. [Accessed Sep 10, 2014].
- Clarke, C.L. and T.W. Therriault. 2007. Biological Synopsis of the Invasive Tunicate Styela clava (Herdman 1881) (PDF | 1.38 MB) Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2807.