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Abyla (cnidarian)

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Abyla is a genus of colonial siphonophore in the subfamily Abylidae and the suborder Calycophorae. The genus contains three species and was established by Quoy and Gaimard in 1827.[1]

Taxonomy

Three species are currently recognized:

A number of former species in the genus have since been synonymized to these three species.[2]

Distribution and habitat

All species in the genus are strictly marine, inhabiting mostly the pelagic zone. They are mainly found in tropico-equatorial and subtropic regions.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Audouin, Jean Victor; Bouvier, E.-L.; Grassé, Pierre-Paul; Milne-Edwards, H.; Milne-Edwards, Alphonse; Perrier, Edmond (1834). Annales des sciences naturelles. Vol. 1. Paris: Crochard.
  2. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Abyla Quoy & Gaimard, 1827". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  3. ^ Gardiner, John Stanley (1906). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. University Press.
  4. ^ Alvariño, Angeles (1971). "Siphonophores of the Pacific with a Review of the World Distribution" (PDF). University of California Press.
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Abyla (cnidarian): Brief Summary

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Abyla is a genus of colonial siphonophore in the subfamily Abylidae and the suborder Calycophorae. The genus contains three species and was established by Quoy and Gaimard in 1827.

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Habitat

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Epipelagic

Reference

Census of Marine Zooplankton, 2006. NOAA Ship Ronald H Brown, deployment RHB0603, Sargasso Sea. Peter Wiebe, PI. Identifications by L. Bercial, N. Copley, A. Cornils, L. Devi, H. Hansen, R. Hopcroft, M. Kuriyama, H. Matsuura, D. Lindsay, L. Madin, F. Pagè

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