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Mnemiopsis L. Agassiz, 1860 
AphiaID: 106355

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Ctenophora (Phylum) > Tentaculata (Class) > Cyclocoela (Subclass) > Lobata (Order) > Bolinopsidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Bolinopsidae Bigelow, 1912
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]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

additional source: 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: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Mnemiopsis gardeni L. Agassiz, 1860
Species Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865
Species Mnemiopsis mccradyi Mayer, 1900
Environment marine
Distribution Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details]
FAO fishing area 67 [details]
North East Pacific [details]
North Pacific [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Image 
Mnemiopsis from the Black Sea.
Mnemiopsis from the Black Sea.
added on 2006-09-26 - author: BIOMARE Newsletter
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106355
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2006-09-20 08:42:16Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2006-09-25 06:54:45Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2011-02-09 12:41:24Z  changed  Mills, Claudia
  
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  Citation: Mills, C. (2013). Mnemiopsis L. Agassiz, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106355 on 2013-05-20
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