Abylopsis

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.^[3]

References edit

^ 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
^ ^a ^b 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
^ 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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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^[1]
Type species
Abylopsis quincunx Chun, 1888 (accepted as Abylopsis eschscholtzii (Huxley, 1859))
Species^[2]
Abylopsis eschscholtzii (Huxley, 1859) Abylopsis tetragona (Otto, 1823) Abylopsis anomala (Sears, 1953) (taxon inquirendum, aberration)
Synonyms^[2]
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)