Mnemiopsis
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Mnemiopsis leidyi, the warty comb jelly or sea walnut,[1] is a species of tentaculate ctenophore (comb jelly). It is native to western Atlantic coastal waters, but has become established as an invasive species in European and western Asian regions. 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.[2]
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Mnemiopsis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Ctenophora |
Class: | Tentaculata |
Order: | Lobata |
Family: | Bolinopsidae |
Genus: | Mnemiopsis Agassiz, 1860 |
Species: | M. leidyi |
Binomial name | |
Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865 | |
Synonyms | |
Mnemiopsis gardeni Agassiz, 1860 |
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