WoRMS taxon details
Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865
AphiaID: 106401
AphiaID: 106401
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Ctenophora (Phylum) > Tentaculata (Class) > Cyclocoela (Subclass) > Lobata (Order) > Bolinopsidae (Family) > Mnemiopsis (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Mnemiopsis L. Agassiz, 1860 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Ctenophora, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 122-123 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Savini, D.; Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A. (2006). Consumption rates and prey preference of the invasive gastropod Rapana venosa in the Northern Adriatic Sea. Helgol. Mar. Res. 60(2): 153-159. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Moss, A. G. 2009. Ctenophora of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 403–411 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details] additional source: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Belt Sea [details] Black Sea [details] Bulgarian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Caspian Sea [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Georgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] North West Atlantic [details] Romanian Exclusive economic Zone [details] Russian part of the Black Sea [details] Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Ukrainian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Zeebrugge [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) European Network on Invasive Alien Species (NOBANIS) - Mnemiopsis leidyi Global invasive species database - Mnemiopsis leidyi PlanktonNet Image To Biodiversity Heritage Library (82 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (46017 nucleotides; 229 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Ctenophora Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Alien species: The sea walnut Mnemiopsis leidyi is an infamous predator of zooplankton and fish eggs. The species’ natural area of distribution is along the Atlantic coast of North- and South-America. In the 1980's the sea walnut was accidently introduced in the Black Sea as a stowaway in ballast water of cargo ships. The introduction led to a collapse of the ecosystem. Since a couple of years, the sea walnut is also present in the North Sea, and we now have to wait and see what ecological consequences it will bring to the region. [details] Distribution: Virginian, southside of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras [details] Remark: Introduced in Belgium since 2007. [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106401 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Mills, C. (2013). Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106401 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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