The invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi has been detected during late summer and autumn 2006 in northern Europe. So far it has been found in the southern North Sea area, along the Swedish west coast, in the southwestern Baltic and along the south and southwestern Norwegian coasts. From the large populations observed, it is obvious that it must have been introduced before 2006, but remained unrecorded until this autumn.
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Hans G. Hansson (2006) studied this question.
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