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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.

It contains these genera and species:

  • Abyla Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
    • Abyla bicarinata Moser, 1925
    • Abyla haeckeli Lens & van Reimsdijk, 1908
    • Abyla trigona Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
  • Abylopsis Chun, 1888
    • Abylopsis eschscholtzi Huxley, 1859
    • Abylopsis tetragona Otto, 1823
  • Bassia L. Agassiz, 1862
    • Bassia bassensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
  • Ceratocymba Chun, 1888
    • Ceratocymba dentata (Bigelow, 1918)
    • Ceratocymba leuckarti (Huxley, 1859)
    • Ceratocymba sagittata Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
  • Enneagonum Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
    • Enneagonum hyalinum Quoy & Gaimard, 1827