| Abylopsis | |
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| Illustration of Abylopsis tetragona | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Siphonophorae |
| Family: | Abylidae |
| Subfamily: | Abylopsinae |
| Genus: | Abylopsis Chun, 1888 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Abylopsis quincunx | |
| Species [2] | |
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| Synonyms [2] | |
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Abylopsis is a siphonophore genus in the Abylidae. The genus contains bioluminescent species. [3]
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