†family Cydippidae Gegenbaur 1856 (comb jelly)
Synonym: Pleurobrachiidae Chun 1888
Parent taxon: Ctenophora according to C. Bartels et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Ctenorhabdotus, Dinomischidae, Fasciculus, Paleoctenophora, Scleroctenophora, Sinoascus, Tentaculata, Thalassostaphylos, Yunnanoascus
Subtaxa: Archeocydippida
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Kaisergrube mine near Gemünden (Devonian of Germany)