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Ivanov, V.P., Kamakin, A.M., Ushivtzev, V.B. et al. Invasion of the Caspian Sea by the Comb Jellyfish Mnemiopsis Leidyi (Ctenophora). Biological Invasions 2, 255–258 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010098624728
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