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{{short description|Genus of comb jellies}}
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| image = Ganesha Elegans.png
| image_caption = Ganesha Elegans, previously denoted as Lampetia Elegans
| grandparent_authority = Moser, 1908
| parent_authority = Moser, 1907
| taxon = Ganesha
| authority = Moser, 1907
}}
'''''Ganesha''''' is a genus of [[comb jelly|comb jellies]]. It is the only genus in the monotypic family '''Ganeshidae''' and the order '''Ganeshida'''. They are characterized by pair of small lobes round the mouth, and extended pharynx.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mills, C.E. |date=1998 |title=Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. |url=http://faculty.washington.edu/cemills/Ctenolist.html |publisher=Published by the author, web page established March 1998, last updated January 5, 2016.}}</ref> Two species are currently recognized: ''[[Ganesha elegans]]'' and ''[[Ganesha annamita]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=264885&allchildren=1|title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ganeshidae Moser, 1907|website=www.marinespecies.org|access-date=2019-03-05}}</ref>
==References==
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