The Abylidae are a family of marine 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:
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Subfamily Abylinae L. Agassiz, 1862
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Genus Abyla Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
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Genus Ceratocymba Chun, 1888
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Ceratocymba dentata (Bigelow, 1918)
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Ceratocymba leuckarti (Huxley, 1859)
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Ceratocymba sagittata Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
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Subfamily Abylopsinae Totton, 1954
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Genus Abylopsis Chun, 1888
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Abylopsis eschscholtzi Huxley, 1859
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Abylopsis tetragona Otto, 1823
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Genus Bassia L. Agassiz, 1862
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Genus Enneagonum Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
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Enneagonum hyalinum Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
