Abylidae

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.

Abylidae
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
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
  • Subfamily Abylopsinae Totton, 1954
    • Genus Abylopsis Chun, 1888
      • Abylopsis eschscholtzi Huxley, 1859
      • Abylopsis tetragona Otto, 1823
    • Genus Bassia L. Agassiz, 1862
    • Genus Enneagonum Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
      • Enneagonum hyalinum Quoy & Gaimard, 1827

References
  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Abylidae L. Agassiz, 1862". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
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