Ctenophora

Lobata

Belongs within: Ctenophora. The Lobata are a group of comb jellies characterised by the presence of auricles and oral lobes (Harbison et al. 2001). <==Lobata [Tentaculata]HMR01 | i. s.: Lesueuria hybopteraB26 |–Leucothea Mertens 1833 [Leucotheidae]HMR01 |–Lampocteis Harbison, Matsumoto & Robison 2001 [Lampoctenidae]HMR01 | `–*L. cruentiventer Harbison, Matsumoto & Robison 2001 [=Lampoctena sanguineventer ms]HMR01 |–Bathocyroe Madin & Harbison 1978… Continue reading Lobata

Belongs within: Coelenterata.Contains: Lobata. The Ctenophora, comb jellies, are a group of gelatinous marine animals characterised by bands of cilia (comb rows) running longitudinally down the body. Most ctenophores have eight such bands but some early fossil members of the group possessed greater numbers. One Cambrian group, the Scleroctenophora, possessed a skeleton of eight sclerotised… Continue reading Ctenophora