ocyrhoidæ

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. A family of lobate comb-jellies or beroid ctenophorans, typified by the genus Ocyrhoë, of an oblong-oval figure with a pair of very large alate processes or wings, one on each side of the body, by the flapping of which the creature swims. The mouth is at one of the poles of the body, without any tentacular appendages; there is an otocyst with a cluster of otoliths at the other pole, toward which eight rows of vibratile combs converge. The substance of the body is transparent and of a crystalline appearance.