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:[1]
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
