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Abylopsis

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Abylopsis
Illustration of "Abylopsis tetragona"
Illustration of Abylopsis tetragona
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Siphonophorae
Family: Abylidae
Subfamily: Abylopsinae
Genus: Abylopsis
Chun, 1888[1]
Type species
Abylopsis quincunx
Chun, 1888 (accepted as Abylopsis eschscholtzii (Huxley, 1859))
Species[2]
Synonyms[2]

Abylopsis is a siphonophore genus in the Abylidae. The genus contains bioluminescent species.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Chun, Carl (1888). Berichte über eine nach den Canarischen Inseln im Winter 1887/88. Sitzungsberichte der Königlidch Preussischen Akademie de Wissenschaften. 1888: 1141-1173. (English translation in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 3: 214-246, 1889)., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93070#page/487/mode/1up page(s): 1160
  2. ^ a b Schuchert, P. (2019). World Hydrozoa Database. Abylopsis Chun, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135352 on 2019-09-05
  3. ^ 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. PMID 3503524.