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Ученые записки Латвийского государственного университета. Том 259. Система языка
The Australian spotted scyphomedusa Phyllorhiza punctata was recorded for the first time in Tunisian waters in August 2012,
in the lagoon of Bizerte (Tunisia). Metaephyrae and juveniles occurred simultaneously in August 2012. The occurrence of
adult medusae was detected from September to November 2012, and from August to October 2013. This is the second record
of a reproducing population of P. punctata in the Mediterranean Sea. The low abundance of mesozooplankton in summer and
autumn 2012 coincides temporally with the highest density of P. punctata recorded in the lagoon, suggesting that predation by
this alien jellyfish may have been a limiting factor for the mesozooplankton abundance on site