Abyla (cnidarian)
Appearance
Abyla | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hydrozoa |
Order: | Siphonophorae |
Family: | Abylidae |
Genus: | Abyla Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 |
Type species | |
Abyla trigona Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
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Species | |
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Abyla is a genus of siphonophore in the Abylidae.[1] The genus contains three species, some of which are bioluminescent.[2]
References
- ^ Schuchert, P. (2019). "Abyla Quoy & Gaimard, 1827". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303.