Ocyropsis

[3] To capture prey, Ocyropsis employ their muscular lobes to seize and manipulate food items, subsequently transferring them to their prehensile mouths for ingestion.

[4] While the precise habitat preferences of ctenophores remain an area of ongoing research, Ocyropsis have been documented in diverse marine environments, ranging from warm tropical to colder temperate waters.

[6] While most ctenophores are slow swimmers relying on cilia-based propulsion, making them vulnerable to predators, Ocyropsis have evolved a unique adaptation for enhanced locomotion.

During pursuit, they generate a subtle wake resulting from the rapid compression and expansion of their bodies, coupled with the unique arrangement of their ctene rows.

Prey capture involves the deft use of their muscular oral lobes, which grasp and manipulate food items before transferring them to the prehensile mouth for ingestion.

Unknown larval fish swimming around lobes and auricles of Ocyropsis
Pelagic ctenophores — (a) Beroe ovata , (b) unidentified cydippid , (c) "Tortugas Red" cydippid, (d) Bathocyroe fosteri , (e) Mnemiopsis leidyi , and (f) Ocyropsis sp.
Ocyropsis fusca