Lobata

Lobata is an order of transparent marine invertebrates belonging to the phylum of Ctenophora in the class Tentaculata, and are commonly referred to as comb jellies or sea gooseberries. There are currently 19 extant known species in the order of Lobata. Members of Lobata exhibit a compressed body in the vertical plane and a pair of oral lobes. They are known to inhabit marine pelagic surfaces and the marine shores.

For the district in São Tomé and Príncipe, see Lobata District. For the alga, see Lobata (alga).

Lobata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Class: Tentaculata
Order: Lobata
Eschscholtz 1825
Families

Bathocyroidae Harbison & Madin, 1982
Bolinopsidae Bigelow, 1912
Eurhamphaeidae L. Agassiz, 1860
Lampoctenidae Harbison, Matsumoto & Robison, 2001
Leucotheidae Krumbach, 1925
Lobata incertae sedis
Lobatolampeidae Horita, 2000
Ocyropsidae Harbison & Madin, 1982

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