NONINDIGENOUS AQUATIC INVERTEBRATE SPECIES REPORTED FROM SOUTH CAROLINA (click on hyperlinked names for species profile or image)
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