Abyla is a genus of colonial siphonophore in the subfamily Abylidae and the suborder Calycophorae. The genus contains three species and was established by Quoy and Gaimard in 1827.[1]

Abyla
Abyla haeckeli
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Siphonophorae
Family: Abylidae
Genus: Abyla
Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
Type species
Abyla trigona
Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
Species

Taxonomy

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Three species are currently recognized:

A number of former species in the genus have since been synonymized to these three species.[2]

Distribution and habitat

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All species in the genus are strictly marine, inhabiting mostly the pelagic zone. They are mainly found in tropico-equatorial and subtropic regions.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Audouin, Jean Victor; Bouvier, E.-L.; Grassé, Pierre-Paul; Milne-Edwards, H.; Milne-Edwards, Alphonse; Perrier, Edmond (1834). Annales des sciences naturelles. Vol. 1. Paris: Crochard.
  2. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Abyla Quoy & Gaimard, 1827". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  3. ^ Gardiner, John Stanley (1906). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. University Press.
  4. ^ Alvariño, Angeles (1971). "Siphonophores of the Pacific with a Review of the World Distribution" (PDF). University of California Press.