The comb jellyfish Mnemiopsis leidyi (IMAGE)

Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR)

The comb jellyfish Mnemiopsis leidyi

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The comb jellyfish Mnemiopsis leidyi originates from the American east coast. It was introduced into the Black Sea in the early 1980s. As a result, anchovy stocks there declined drastically. In 2006, Mnemiopsis leidyi was also detected in the Baltic Sea for the first time.

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Cornelia Jaspers, GEOMAR/DTU Aqua

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