Abyla trigona
| Abyla trigona | |
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| Anatomy based on Quoy and Gaimard 1827 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Siphonophorae |
| Family: | Abylidae |
| Genus: | Abyla |
| Species: | A. trigona
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| Binomial name | |
| Abyla trigona Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
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Abyla trigona is a colonial siphonophore in the family Abylidae. It was described in 1925.[2]
Description[edit]
The species has an anterior nectophore that is the same size both broad and wide. It also has very heavy irregular and serrate ridges. The ventral facet is not separated from the apico-ventral facet. The posterior nectophore can have from 4 to 11 teeth on a comb. It also has two rows of very serrated teeth on the basal margin.[3]
Distribution[edit]
The species is found mainly in tropical waters. Individuals were spotted in the South China Sea in the upper 200 m during February and March. There are two records from the South Pacific and several in the western and central tropical Pacific.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Schuchert, P. (2022). "World Hydrozoa Database. Abyla trigona Quoy & Gaimard, 1827". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1827). "Observations zoologiques faites à bord de l'Astrolabe, en mai 1826, dans le Détroit de Gibraltar". Annales des Sciences Naturelles. 10: 5–21, 172–193, 225–239.
- ^ "Marine Species Identification Portal: Abyla trigona". species-identification.org. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- ^ Alvariño, Angeles (1971). "Siphonophores of the Pacific with a Review of the World Distribution" (PDF). University of California Press.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Species entry at Marine Species Identification Portal[1]
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