First Occurence of the Invasive Hydrozoan Eucheilota maculata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) in New Jersey, USA

• Main Authors: Polchowska, Dominika, Bologna, Paul A.X., Gaynor, John, Monsen-Collar, Kirsten
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Montclair State University Digital Commons 2023
• Subjects: Oyster Creek; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/student-research-symposium/2023/poster04/34

Eucheilota maculata (Hartlaub, 1894) is a small hydrozoan native to the Mediterranean and northeast Atlantic Ocean. Like many diminutive hydrozoans, their presence in new environments may go unnoticed due to their small size, limited medusae production, and morphological similarities with native spe...