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Mnemiopsis leidyi (Leidy's comb jelly)

Synonyms: Mnemiopsis mccradyi

Wikipedia Abstract

The warty comb jelly or sea walnut (Mnemiopsis leidyi) is a species of tentaculate ctenophore (comb jelly), originally native to the western Atlantic coastal waters. Three species have been named in the genus Mnemiopsis, but they are now believed to be different ecological forms of a single species M. leidyi by most zoologists.
View Wikipedia Record: Mnemiopsis leidyi

Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Mnemiopsis leidyi

Attributes

Water Biome [1]  Pelagic, Coastal, Brackish Water
Diet [1]  Carnivore, Planktivore

Prey / Diet

Predators

Beroe ovata (Beroe's egg comb jelly)[2]
Chrysaora quinquecirrha (sea nettle)[2]
Patagonotothen ramsayi (Longtail Southern cod)[2]
Schroederichthys bivius (Narrowmouthed catshark)[2]
Squalus acanthias (Common spiny)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Opechona pyriforme <Unverified Name>[4]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Yick, Jonah L., Adam Barnett, and Sean R. Tracey. "The trophic ecology of two abundant mesopredators in south-east coastal waters of Tasmania, Australia." Marine Biology 159.6 (2012): 1183+. Academic OneFile. Web. 14 July 2014.
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0