Lobata

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For the district in São Tomé and Príncipe, see Lobata District
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Lobata
Bolinopsis infundibulum
Bolinopsis infundibulum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Class: Tentaculata
Order: Lobata
Families

Bathocyroidae
Bolinopsidae
Eurhamphaeidae
Leucotheidae
Mnemiidae
Ocyropsidae
Lampoctenidae
Lobatolampeidae

Lobata is an order of Ctenophora in the class Tentaculata with smaller tentacles than other ctenophores. It was first named by Johann Friedrich Eschscholtz in 1825. They are found in the Black Sea as well as the Caspian Sea. They are about 25 cm long.

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