South Carolina Update on Non-indigenous Aquatic Invertebrates

SouthEastern Regional Taxonomic Center Marine Resources Research Institute SC Department of Natural Resources

DNR Perna viridis (Asian green mussel)

photos from USGS photo gallery 120

all known records of live collected Asian green mussels in SC

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20 Jan May Sep Jan May Sep 2006 - 2007

1 inch Megabalanus coccopoma, the titan acorn barnacle Megabalanus tintinnabulum Penaeus monodon, the Asian tiger shrimp Ficopomatus enigmaticus, a tube-building polychaete

Phyllorhiza punctata, the Australian spotted jellyfish 42 non-indigenous aquatic invertebrates from SC reported at GSARP Charleston meeting in 2006

Cnidarians Crustaceans Anemones……….……Nematostella vectensis Cladocerans…..……….Daphnia lumholtzi Haliplanella lineata Barnacles…...... Amphibalanus amphitrite Balanus trigonus Hydrozoans…….....….Blackfordia virginica Loxothylacus panopaei Cordylophora caspia Copepods…………..…Eurytemora affinis Maeotias inexspectata Skistodiaptomus pallidus Moerisia lyonsi Elaphoidella bidens bidens Scyphozoans….....…..Drymonema dalmatinum Tanaid…………………Sinelobus stanfordi Isopods………………..Ligia exotica Annelids Paradella dianae Sphaeroma terebrans Polychaetes……….…Fabricia sabella Synidotea laevidorsalis Amphipods………...... Caprella scaura Mollusks Stenothoe gallensis Est. Gastropods……...Creedonia succinea Fresh. Decapods…..….Macrobrachium olfersii Microtralia ovula Cambarus longirostris Myosotella myosotis Procambarus clarkii Fresh. Gastropods…...Bellamya japonica Est./Mar. Decapods..….Litopenaeus stylirostris Viviparus georgianus Litopenaeus vannamei Viviparus subpurpureus Penaeus monodon Petrolisthes armatus Bivalves……….……...Perna viridis Callinectes bocourti Corbicula fluminea Callinectes exasperatus Rangia cuneata Charybdis hellerii Cardisoma guanhumi Non-indigenous Aquatic Invertebrates in South Carolina

Algae Chlorophyceae….….….Codium sp. (? scandinavicum) Codium fragile var. tomentosoides Rhodophyceae…………..Polysiphonia breviarticulata added to list since last SC Protozoans update 1 year ago Haplosporidians……..…Haplosporidium nelsoni anticipated future arrivals (oyster disease MSX) Cnidarians Hydrozoans………...……..Garvia franciscana Scyphozoans………...…..Craspedacusta sowerbyi Phyllorhiza punctata Monogeneans (flukes)…Pseudodactylogyrus bini Pseudodactylogyrus anguillae ? Gyrodactylus anguillae

Nematodes…………..…….Anguillicola crassus Bivalves…………...... ….....Mytella charruana Teredo navalis Annelids Polychaetes……….…...…Ficopomatus enigmaticus Barnacles…...... Megabalanus coccopoma ?? Ficopomatus miamiensis Megabalanus tintinnabulum Mollusks Ascidians……………...…...Styela plicata Fresh. Gastropods ...... Pomacea insularum Styela conopus [was S. partita] Molgula manhattensis Diplosoma listerianum Management Goals and Objectives of the draft SC AIS Plan that are already being addressed at the MRD

Educate public and private stakeholders about impacts and how they can help

Monitor occurrence and spread of AIS

Identify and implement needed research

Secure long-term funding for AIS activities