Specimen ID | 877663 |
Group | Mollusks-Bivalves |
Genus | Dreissena |
Species | polymorpha |
Common Name | zebra mussel |
State | MD |
County | Baltimore |
Locality | Dark Head Creek just W of Wilson Point |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Gunpowder-Patapsco |
HUC8 Number | 02060003 |
HUC10 Name | Back River-Chesapeake Bay |
HUC10 Number | 0206000307 |
HUC12 Name | Middle River |
HUC12 Number | 020600030701 |
Map | |
Collection Day | 18 |
Collection Month | 8 |
Collection Year | 2015 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | hitch hiker on small watercraft |
Status | unknown |
Comments | "Many small (<8mm) zebra mussels encrusted on older barnacles, dark falsemussels, and pebbles. Fisheries biologists noted that mussels were numerous and covering many surfaces of objects captured during trawl sampling of tributary." |
Record Type | Personal communication |
Verifier | Ashton, Matt - Maryland DNR |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Size | <8mm |