| Abyla | |
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| Abyla haeckeli | |
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 | |
| Species | |
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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]
Three species are currently recognized:
A number of former species in the genus have since been synonymized to these three species. [2]
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]
Joseph Paul Gaimard was a French naval surgeon and naturalist.
Jean René Constant Quoy was a French naval surgeon, zoologist and anatomist.
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