The genus Mnemiopsis is comprised of a single species, Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz,
1865, that has recently made the transition from a distribution limited to the Atlantic coasts of …

Harmful invader ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi's expansions in the Eurasian Seas, its spatio-
temporal population dynamics depending on environmental conditions in recipient habitats …

The state-of-art on alien species in the Mediterranean Sea is presented, making distinctions
among the four subregions defined in the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive:(i) the …

Knowledge of jellyfish populations in the Mediterranean Sea is rather extensive, due to a
combination of long-term datasets and interest relating to impacts on human activities. The …

This paper is a collection of novel distributional records of 20 species belonging to 8 phyla
(Chlorophyta, Rhodophyta, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Annelida, Mollusca, Arthropoda and …

Our oceans are becoming increasingly inhospitable to life—growing toxicity and rising
temperatures coupled with overfishing have led many marine species to the brink of …

The gelatinous macroplankters Mnemiopsis leidyi and Phyllorhiza punctata are recorded for
the first time from the Italian coasts of the Western Mediterranean. In the framework of the …

Blooms of the invasive ctenophore, Mnemiopsis leidyi, occurred in 2009 along the
Mediterranean Sea coasts of Spain and Israel. This voracious zooplanktivore spread …

In contrast to higher metazoans such as copepods and fish, ctenophores are a basal
metazoan lineage possessing a relatively narrow set of sensory-motor capabilities. Yet …

Aim Invasive species are of increasing global concern. Nevertheless, the mechanisms
driving further distribution after the initial establishment of non‐native species remain largely …