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Didemnum vexillum - New England Coast Occurrences and Images


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NEW HAMPSHIRE IMAGES: Fort Point, NH /  New Castle Island, NH /  Piscataqua River, NH
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First documented occurrence

Fort Island Narrows, Damariscotta River, Maine; July 19, 1993. Didemnum vexillum colony living at 12 m (40 ft; at high tide) on a substrate of shell hash and gravel. Collected by I. Svane, C. Young, and T. Miller. Identified by G. Lambert, January 2004.

First anecdotal occurrence

A colonial tunicate resembling D. vexillum has been observed on the dock pilings of the Darling Marine Center in Walpole, ME since 1988 (P. Yund, University of Maine) and since 1994 (R. Wahle, Bigelow Laboratories). Source: L. Harris.

A colonial tunicate resembling the species that was collected in Fort Island Narrows, Damariscotta River, Maine, in 1993 was observed there in 1988. source: T. Miller.

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New England and Atlantic Canada regional map
New England and Atlantic Canada, inset map A
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New England and Atlantic Canada, inset map C
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NEW ENGLAND COAST LINKS: Occurrences / Location Data / Regional Location Map
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MAINE IMAGES: Cobscook Bay, ME /   Cobscook Bay2, ME /   Deep Cove, ME /   Estes Head, ME /   Fort Island Narrows, ME /   Thrumcap Island, ME /   Long Island Ledges, ME /   Wentworth Point, ME /    Whiting Bay, ME /   Whiting Bay2, ME /  
   
MASSACHUSETTS IMAGES: Boston Harbor, MA /   Boston Ledge, MA /   Chatham,  MA /   Folly Cove,  MA /   Oak Bluffs, MA /   Old Garden Beach,  MA /   Orleans, MA /   Osterville Grand Island, MA /   Pavilion Beach,  MA /   Pleasure Bay, MA /   Plum Cove,  MA /   Provincetown, MA /   Sandwich, MA /   Sandwich Town Beach, MA /   Sandy Bay, MA /   Stage Harbor, MA /   Strong Island, MA /   Vineyard Haven, MA /   Wellfleet Harbor, MA /   West Falmouth Harbor, MA /   Woods Hole (Eel Pond), MA /   Woods Hole (Iselin Dock), MA
NEW HAMPSHIRE IMAGES: Fort Point, NH /  New Castle Island, NH /  Piscataqua River, NH
RHODE ISLAND IMAGES: Beavertail Point, RI /   Fort Wetherill, RI  /   Narragansett, RI
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