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Abylopsis
Illustration of Abylopsis tetragona
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hydrozoa
Order:	Siphonophorae
Family:	Abylidae
Subfamily:	Abylopsinae
Genus:	Abylopsis Chun, 1888
Type species
Abylopsis quincunx Chun, 1888 (accepted as Abylopsis eschscholtzii (Huxley, 1859))
Species
Abylopsis eschscholtzii (Huxley, 1859) Abylopsis tetragona (Otto, 1823) Abylopsis anomala (Sears, 1953) (taxon inquirendum, aberration)
Synonyms
Abylopsoides Sears, 1953 Aglaisma Eschscholtz, 1829 Aglaismoides Huxley, 1859 Aglaja Eschscholtz, 1825 (not in use) Calpe Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 (preoccupied by Calpe Treitschke 1825) Chunia Mayer, 1900 Plethosoma Lesson & Garnot, 1826 Pseudabylopsis Sears, 1953 Pyramis Otto, 1823 (preoccupied by Pyramis Röding 1798 Mollusca)

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

References

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. ^ 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.

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