The Abylidae are a family of marine invertebrates in the order Siphonophorae. They are colonial, but the colonies can superficially resemble jellyfish; although they appear to be a single organism, each specimen is actually a colony of Siphonophora.
It contains the following taxa:
- Subfamily Abylinae <small>L. Agassiz, 1862</small>
- Genus Abyla <small>Quoy & Gaimard, 1827</small>
- Abyla bicarinata <small>Moser, 1925</small>
- Abyla haeckeli <small>Lens & van Reimsdijk, 1908</small>
- Abyla trigona <small>Quoy & Gaimard, 1827</small>
- Genus Ceratocymba <small>Chun, 1888</small>
- Ceratocymba dentata <small>(Bigelow, 1918)</small>
- Ceratocymba leuckarti <small>(Huxley, 1859)</small>
- Ceratocymba sagittata <small>Quoy & Gaimard, 1827</small>
- Subfamily Abylopsinae <small>Totton, 1954</small>
- Genus Abylopsis <small>Chun, 1888</small>
- Abylopsis eschscholtzi <small>Huxley, 1859</small>
- Abylopsis tetragona <small>Otto, 1823</small>
- Genus Bassia <small>L. Agassiz, 1862</small>
- Bassia bassensis <small>Quoy & Gaimard, 1827</small>
- Genus Enneagonum <small>Quoy & Gaimard, 1827</small>
- Enneagonum hyalinum <small>Quoy & Gaimard, 1827</small>
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