Ctenophora

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Podiata
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Classes: Nuda – †Scleroctenophora – Tentaculata
Familiae (incertae sedis): † Ctenorhabdotidae – † Fasciculidae – † Xanioascidae
Genera (incertae sedis): ?†Stromatoveris

Stem-group Ctenophora:

Familiae: †Dinomischidae – †Siphusauctidae

nom

Ctenophora Eschscholtz, 1829: 20 [as "Ctenophorae"]

References

Primary references

Eschscholtz, J.F. 1829. System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1–190, 116 pls. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Jékely, G., Paps, J. & Nielsen, C. 2015. The phylogenetic position of ctenophores and the origin(s) of nervous systems. EvoDevo 6: article 1. DOI: 10.1186/2041-9139-6-1 . Reference page.
Kapli, P. & Telford, M.J. 2020. Topology-dependent asymmetry in systematic errors affects phylogenetic placement of Ctenophora and Xenacoelomorpha. Science Advances 6(50): eabc5162. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc5162 . Reference page.
Oliveira, O.M.P., Miranda, T.P., Araujo, E.M., Ayón, P., Cedeño-Posso, C., Cepeda-Mercado, A.A., Córdova, P., Cunha, A.F., Genzano, G.N., Haddad, M.A., Mianzan, H., Migotto, A.E., Miranda, L.S., Morandini, A.C., Nagata, R.M., Nascimento, K.B., Nogueira Júnior, M., Palma, S., Quiñones, J., Rodriguez, C.S., Scarabino, F., Schiariti, A., Stampar, S.N., Tronolone, V.B. & Marques, A.C. 2016. Census of Cnidaria (Medusozoa) and Ctenophora from South American marine waters. Zootaxa 4194(1): 1–256. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4194.1.1. Reference page.
Ospovat, M.F. 1985. On phylogeny and classification of the type Ctenophora. Zoologicheskii zhurnal, 64(7): 965–974. [not seen]
Ruiz-Escobar, F., Valadez-Vargas, D.K. & Oliveira, O.M.P. 2015. Ctenophores from the Oaxaca coast, including a checklist of species from the Pacific coast of Mexico. Zootaxa 3936(3): 435–445. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.3.9. Reference page.
Ruiz-Escobar, F., Valadez-Vargas, D.K. & Oliveira, O.M.P. 2015. Erratum: FERNANDO RUIZ-ESCOBAR, DIANA K. VALADEZ-VARGAS & OTTO M. P. OLIVEIRA (2015) CTENOPHORES FROM THE OAXACA COAST, INCLUDING A CHECKLIST OF SPECIES FROM THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO. Zootaxa, 3936: 435–445. Zootaxa 4027(4): 600–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4027.4.10. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Ryan, J.F., Pang, K., NISC Comparative Sequencing Program, Mullikin, J.C., Martindale, M.Q., Baxevanis, A.D. 2010. The homeodomain complement of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi suggests that Ctenophora and Porifera diverged prior to the ParaHoxozoa. EvoDevo 1: 9. DOI: 10.1186/2041-9139-1-9 . Reference page.
Zhao, Y., Hou, X.-g. & Cong, P.-y. 2023. Tentacular nature of the ‘column’ of the Cambrian diploblastic Xianguangia sinica. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 21(1): 2215787. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2023.2215787 . Reference page.
Zhao, Y., Vinther, J., Parry, L.A., Wei, F., Green, E., Pisani, D., Hou, X., Edgecombe, G.D. & Cong, P. 2019. Cambrian Sessile, Suspension Feeding Stem-Group Ctenophores and Evolution of the Comb Jelly Body Plan. Current Biology 29(7): 1112–1125. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.036 . Reference page.

Links

Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
WoRMS (2010). Ctenophora. In: Nicolas Bailly (2010). FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2010-10-16
Mills, C.E. Internet 1998-present. Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. Electronic internet document. Published by the author, web page established March 1998, last updated (28 June 2009)
Ctenophora – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

Vernacular names

Alemannisch: Rippequalle
Boarisch: Rippmquoin / Kampéquoin
беларуская: Грабневікі
čeština: Žebernatky
Deutsch: Rippenqualle / Kammqualle
Ελληνικά: Κτενοφόρα
English: comb jellies
español: Tenóforos
eesti: Kammloomad
suomi: Kampamaneetit
français: Cténophores
galego: Ctenóforos
עברית: מסרקניים
magyar: Bordásmedúzák
Bahasa Indonesia: Ubur-ubur sisir
日本語: 有櫛動物門
lietuvių: Šukuočiai
latviešu: Ktenofori
македонски: Реброносци
polski: Żebropławy
português: Ctenóforos
русский: Гребневики
slovenščina: Rebrače
svenska: Kammaneter
Türkçe: Taraklılar
українська: Реброправи
中文: 櫛板動物門