| Abyla haeckeli | |
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| Anatomy based on Lens and van Riemsdijk 1908 | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Siphonophorae |
| Family: | Abylidae |
| Genus: | Abyla |
| Species: | A. haeckeli |
| Binomial name | |
| Abyla haeckeli Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908 | |
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Abyla haeckeli is a colonial siphonophore in the family Abylidae. It was described in 1908. [1]
The species has an anterior nectophore that is the same width and length but it does not provide wing functions. A transverse ridge separates the ventral facet from the apico-ventral facet. The posterior nectophore can have up to 5 teeth on one comb. It also has lateral ostial teeth that are closer to the dorsal tooth rather than the ventral teeth. [2]
The species has been reported near the Philippines and Japan in the upper parts of the water column. [3]
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