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.
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| Bassia bassensis: right = colony, top center = upper bell from above, bottom right = upper bell inside, bottom center = lower bell from below, top right = group of an infertile and a male medusa, bottom left = female medusa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Siphonophorae |
| Suborder: | Calycophorae |
| Family: | Abylidae L. Agassiz, 1862 |
It contains the following taxa:[1]
- 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
- Genus Abyla 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
- Genus Abylopsis Chun, 1888
References
edit- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Abylidae L. Agassiz, 1862". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
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