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Mnemiopsis leidyi

A. Agassiz, 1865
Ctenophora » Lobata » Bolinopsidae » Mnemiopsis leidyi
Common name (English)
Comb jelly, Sea walnut
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Adriatic Sea 690 2; Adriatic Sea 71895 0; Baltic sea 49713 0; Black Sea 614 2; Black Sea 2488 0; Caspian Sea 2486 0; Danish Exclusive Economic Zone 764 3; Danish Exclusive Economic Zone 71891 0; Ionian Sea 691 2; Ionian Sea 71853 0; Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 815 3; Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 71777 0; Italian Exclusive Economic Zone 816 3; Italian Exclusive Economic Zone 8885 0; Kattegat 621 2; Kattegat 71888 0; Ligurian Sea 688 2; Ligurian Sea 71898 0; Marmara Sea 71852 0; Mediterranean Sea 2614 0; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 612 2; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 2613 0; Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin 611 2; Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin 71824 0; North Atlantic Ocean 645 2; North Atlantic Ocean 2485 0; North Sea 623 2; North Sea 8903 0; Russian Exclusive economic Zone 71872 0; Skagerrak 8893 0; Slovenian Exclusive Economic Zone 904 3; Slovenian Exclusive Economic Zone 185018 0; Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone 910 3; Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone 2881 0; Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone 916 3; Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone 8883 0; Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone 928 3; Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone 71876 0; Tyrrhenian Sea 689 2; Tyrrhenian Sea 71823 0; Ukraine 255 0; Zeebrugge 71879 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
2012
Online resource
http://faculty.washington.edu/cemills/Ctenolist.html/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=…
Pathway
6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat ballast water – Ballast
References

http://www.oceanography.ucy.ac.cy/medusa/jellyfish_Map.html 

"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"
Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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