| Specimen ID | 273455 |
| Group | Tunicates |
| Genus | Styela |
| Species | plicata |
| Common Name | pleated sea squirt |
| State | CA |
| County | Orange |
| Locality | Newport Harbor, upper, back bay (NE side if Pacific Coast Highway bridge). |
| Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
| HUC8 Name | Newport Bay |
| HUC8 Number | 18070204 |
| HUC10 Name | Newport Bay-Frontal Pacific Ocean |
| HUC10 Number | 1807020402 |
| HUC12 Name | Newport Bay |
| HUC12 Number | 180702040201 |
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| Collection Month | 10 |
| Collection Year | 1997 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | shipping hull fouling |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 19570 |
| Author: | Lambert, C.C., and G. Lambert |
| Date: | 2003 |
| Title: | Persistence and differential distribution of nonindigenous ascidians in harbors of the Southern California Bight. |
| Journal: | Marine Ecology Progress Series |
| Volume: | 259 |
| Pages: | 145-161 |
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| Comments | Abundant |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Freshwater/Marine | Marine |
| Number Collected | ~10/m2 |