Abylidae: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hydrozoa
Order
Siphonophorae
Family
Abylidae
Genus
Species
Scientific Name
Abylidae

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Abylidae

The Abylidae are a family of marine invertebrates in the order Siphonophorae. 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 the following taxa:

  • Subfamily Abylinae L. Agassiz, 1862
    • Genus Abyla Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
      • Abyla bicarinata Moser, 1925
      • Abyla haeckeli Lens & van Reimsdijk, 1908
      • Abyla trigona Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
    • Genus Ceratocymba Chun, 1888
      • Ceratocymba dentata (Bigelow, 1918)
      • Ceratocymba leuckarti (Huxley, 1859)
      • Ceratocymba sagittata Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
  • Subfamily Abylopsinae Totton, 1954
    • Genus Abylopsis Chun, 1888
      • Abylopsis eschscholtzi Huxley, 1859
      • Abylopsis tetragona Otto, 1823
    • Genus Bassia L. Agassiz, 1862
      • Bassia bassensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
    • Genus Enneagonum Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
      • Enneagonum hyalinum Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
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