| Abylopsis | |
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| Illustration of Abylopsis tetragona | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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]
- ^ 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.