Lampocteis

Lampocteis
Lampocteis cruentiventer at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Class: Tentaculata
Order: Lobata
Family: Lampoctenidae
Harbison, Matsumoto and Robison, 2001
Genus: Lampocteis
Harbison, Matsumoto and Robison, 2001
Species:
L. cruentiventer
Binomial name
Lampocteis cruentiventer
Harbison, Matsumoto and Robison, 2001

Lampocteis is a monotypic genus of comb jellies, the only genus in family Lampoctenidae. The sole species in this new genus is Lampocteis cruentiventer, the bloodybelly comb jelly. This ctenophore was first collected in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California, in 1979. It was described in 2001. The generic name was formed from the Ancient Greek lampós ("bright, shining, brilliant") and kteís ("comb"), referring to the iridescence of its "combs"; the specific epithet was formed from the Latin cruentus ("blood-red") and venter ("belly"). Two morphological differences separating it from previously known comb jellies warranted the naming of a new family for this animal.[1] These jellies are typically found at a depth of 250-1,500 meters deep in the North Pacific Ocean. [2]

  1. ^ Harbison, G. R., G. I. Matsumoto, and 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.
  2. ^ "Bloody-belly comb jelly • MBARI". MBARI. Retrieved 2023-03-19.