Abylidae
Sign in to saveThe 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.
Species
ハコクラゲ科
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassHydrozoa
- OrderSiphonophorae
- FamilyAbylidae
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- 9
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- Abylidae
- Collections
- USNM, UF, MZLU
- Recorded in
- French Polynesia, Italy
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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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