Invasive Species Information
 

NONINDIGENOUS AQUATIC INVERTEBRATE SPECIES REPORTED FROM SOUTH CAROLINA

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Genus/species


common name

 

Protozoans

 

            Haplosporidium nelson

MSX, an oyster disease

Coelenterates-Hydrozoans

            Blackfordia virginica

Black Sea jellyfish

            Cordylophora caspia  

freshwater hydroid

            Craspedacusta sowerbyi

freshwater jellyfish

            Moerisia lyonsi

hydroid

            Garvia franciscana

rope grass

            Maeotias marginata

Black Sea jellyfish

Coelenterates-Scyphozoan

            Drymonema dalmatinum

pink meanie

            Phyllorhiza punctata

Australian spotted jellyfish

Coelenterates-Anthozoans

 

            Haliplanella lineata

orange-striped green anemone

Flukes

            Pseudodactylogyrus bini

gill worm fluke on eels

            Pseudodactylogyrus anguillae

gill worm fluke on eels

            Gyrodactylus anguillae

gill worm fluke on eels

Nematodes

            Anguillicoloides crassus

parasitic nematode in eels

Polychaete worms

            Fabricia sabella

 

Crustaceans-Barnacles

            Amphibalanus amphitrite

striped barnacle, purple acorn barnacle

            Balanus trigonus

barnacle

            Loxothylacus panopaei

parasitic barnacle

            Megabalanus coccopoma

Titan acorn barnacle

            Megabalanus tintinnabulum

barnacle

Crustaceans-Cladocerans

            Daphnia lumholtzi

water flea

Crustaceans-Copepods

            Elaphoidella bidens

harpacticoid copepod

            Eurytemora affinis

calanoid copepod

Crustaceans-Crabs

            Callinectes bocourti

Bocourt swimming Crab, red blue crab

            Callinectes exasperatus

rugose swimming crab

            Cardisoma guanhumi

blue landcrab

            Charybdis hellerii

an Indo-Pacific crab

            Petrolisthes armatus

green porcelain crab

Crustaceans-Crayfish

            Cambarus longirostris

crayfish

            Procambarus clarkii

red swamp crayfish

Crustaceans-Isopods

            Ligia exotica

wharf roach

            Paradella dianae

isopod

            Sphaeroma terebrans

isopod

            Synidotea laevidorsalis

isopod

Crustaceans-Tanaids

            Sinelobus stanfordi

tanaid

Crustaceans-Amphipods

            Caprella scaura

caprellid amphipod

            Stenothoe gallensis

amphipod

Crustaceans-Shrimp

            Litopenaeus stylirostris

blue shrimp

            Litopenaeus vannamei

Pacific white shrimp

            Macrobrachium olfersii

bristled river shrimp

            Penaeus monodon

Asian tiger shrimp

Mollusks-Bivalves

            Corbicula fluminea

Asian clam

            Mytella charruana

charrua mussel

            Perna viridis

Asian green mussel

            Rangia cuneata

Atlantic rangia

            Teredo navalis

naval shipworm

Mollusks-Gastropods

            Bellamya japonica

Japanese mysterysnail

            Creedonia succinea

pulmonate snail

            Microtralia ovula

pulmonate snail

            Myosotella myosotis

pulmonate snail

            Pomacea insularum

island apple snail

            Viviparus georgianus

banded mysterysnail

            Viviparus subpurpureus

olive mysterysnail

Ascidians

            Diplosoma listerianum

Lister’s encrusting tunicate

            Molgula manhattensis

sea grapes

            Styela canopus

rough sea squirt

            Styela plicata

pleated sea squirt