The bloom of invasive alien comb jelly Beroe ovata Bruguière, 1789 in the Bay of Bengal
Journal: Current Science
Year: 2025

The present study documented a bloom of the comb jelly Beroe ovata occurring off Devaneri Kuppam in Mahabalipuram, close to Chennai.The abundance of the B. ovata bloom was estimated as 342 21 individuals per cubic metre.A negligible number of hydromedusae specimens mixed with the comb jelly were also observed.The abundance of its predatory fish, the black pomfret (Parastromateus niger), the hydrozoan jellyfish (Aequorea pensilis), and the scyphozoan jellyfish (Cyanea nozakii) would be positively