Sea+Walnut

**Phyla**: Ctenophora

**Class**: Tentaculata

**Scientific Name**: //Mnemiopsis leidyi//

**Location**: Native to the western Atlantic coastal waters.

**Length**: 7–12 centimetres
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**Habitat**: Saltwater or Marine; lives in the uppermost zone of the sea, which receives the most light and can be found close to the shore.

**Living Requirements**: Have to be able to eat fish eggs and larva;

**Life Cycle**: Since they have invaded the Black sea their life span has been down sized.

**Male and Female Differences**: It doesnt have a male sea walnut and a female walnut but it is capable of fertilization, the egg and sperm are released into the water to form the zygote.

**Interesting Facts**: Resembles the sea gooseberry. The adults lack tentacles.

**Human Impact**: The climate change and human intervention in there area has caused them to scatter and locate to new areas which causes them to become invasive species.

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