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 [Bathocyroidae]HMR01
    |    |--B. fosteri Madin & Harbison 1978HMR01
    |    `--B. paragaster (Ralph & Kaberry 1950)HMR01
    |--Ocyropsis Mayer 1912 [Ocyropsidae]HMR01
    |    |--O. crystallina (Rang 1827)HMR01
    |    `--O. maculata (Rang 1827)HMR01
    |--BolinopsidaeHMR01
    |    |--Bolinopsis Mayer 1912HMR01
    |    |    `--B. infundibulumB26
    |    `--Mnemiopsis Agassiz 1860HMR01
    |         |--M. leidyi Agassiz 1865HMR01
    |         `--M. mccradyiCC93
    `--EurhamphaeidaeHMR01
         |--Eurhamphaea vexilligera Gegenbaur 1856HMR01
         |--Deiopea Chun 1879HMR01
         `--Kiyohimea Komai & Tokioka 1940 [Kiyohimeidae]HMR01
              |--K. aurita Komai & Tokioka 1940HMR01
              `--K. usagi Matsumoto & Robison 1992HMR01

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[B26] Bigelow, H. B. 1926. Plankton of the offshore waters of the Gulf of Maine. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries 40 (2): 1–509.

[CC93] Carré, C., & D. Carré. 1993. Minictena luteola, genre et espèce nouveaux de cténophore Cydippida Méditerranéen a cinq types de colloblastes. Beaufortia 43 (10): 168–175.

[HMR01] Harbison, G. R., G. I. Matsumoto & B. H. Robison. 2001. Lampocteis cruentiventer gen. nov., sp. nov.: a new mesopelagic lobate ctenophore, representing the type of a new family (class Tentaculata, order Lobata, family Lampoctenidae, fam. nov.) Bulletin of Marine Science 68 (2): 299–311.