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The species, known as the warty comb jelly (Mnemiopsis leidyi), is considered one of the world's most invasive species.

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Zafrir Rinat

Zafrir Rinat

June 15, 2009

An invasive jellyfish that devastated fish populations in the Black Sea and the Baltic has reached Israel, the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research institute said yesterday.

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