Lobata

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For the district in São Tomé and Príncipe, see Lobata District

Lobata
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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