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Abylidae

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Kingdom
  
Phylum
  
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Family

Scientific name
  
Abylidae

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Lower classifications
  
Abylopsis, Abylopsis tetragona

The Abylidae are a family of marine invertebrates in the order Siphonophora. They are colonial, but the colonies can superficially resemble jellyfish; although they appear to be a single organism, each specimen is actually a colony of Siphonophora.

It contains these genera and species:

  • Abyla Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
  • Abyla bicarinata Moser, 1925
  • Abyla haeckeli Lens & van Reimsdijk, 1908
  • Abyla trigona Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
  • Abylopsis Chun, 1888
  • Abylopsis eschscholtzi Huxley, 1859
  • Abylopsis tetragona Otto, 1823
  • Bassia L. Agassiz, 1862
  • Bassia bassensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
  • Ceratocymba Chun, 1888
  • Ceratocymba dentata (Bigelow, 1918)
  • Ceratocymba leuckarti (Huxley, 1859)
  • Ceratocymba sagittata Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
  • Enneagonum Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
  • Enneagonum hyalinum Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
  • References

    Abylidae Wikipedia


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