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Hydrozoa taxon details

Abylopsinae Totton, 1954

AphiaID

709061 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:709061)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Abylidae L. Agassiz, 1862

Original name

Abylopsinae Totton, 1954

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Genus Abylopsis Chun, 1888
Genus Bassia L. Agassiz, 1862
Genus Enneagonum Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
Genus Abylopsoides Sears, 1953 accepted as Abylopsis Chun, 1888 (based on four abberrant pathological anterior nectophores never found again)
Genus Aglaisma Eschscholtz, 1829 accepted as Abylopsis Chun, 1888
Genus Aglaismoides Huxley, 1859 accepted as Abylopsis Chun, 1888
Genus Aglaja Eschscholtz, 1825 accepted as Abylopsis Chun, 1888 (invalid junior homonym of Aglaja Renier, 1807 [Mollusca])
Genus Calpe Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 accepted as Abylopsis Chun, 1888 ( preoccupied by Calpe Treitschke 1825 [Lepidoptera])
Genus Chunia Mayer, 1900 accepted as Abylopsis Chun, 1888
Genus Cuboides Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 accepted as Enneagonum Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 (synonym)
Genus Halopyramis Chun, 1888 accepted as Enneagonum Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 (synonym)
Genus Parasphenoides Bedot, 1896 accepted as Bassia L. Agassiz, 1862 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Plethosoma Lesson, 1826 accepted as Abylopsis Chun, 1888 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Pseudabylopsis Sears, 1953 accepted as Abylopsis Chun, 1888 (an aberrant pathological anterior nectophore, perhaps from a specimen of Abylopsis; never found again)
Genus Pyramis Otto, 1823 accepted as Abylopsis Chun, 1888 (preoccupied by Pyramis Bolten 1798 [Mollusca])
Genus Sphenoides Huxley, 1859 accepted as Bassia L. Agassiz, 1862

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Totton, A. K. (1954). Siphonophora of the Indian Ocean together with systematic and biological notes on related specimens from other oceans. <em>Discovery Rep.</em> 27: 1-162., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5611213 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Abylopsinae Totton, 1954. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=709061 on 2025-06-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2012-10-22 10:49:30Z

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Mapstone, Gill

2012-10-23 07:43:22Z

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Mapstone, Gill

2017-03-03 08:06:37Z

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Schuchert, Peter

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original description Totton, A. K. (1954). Siphonophora of the Indian Ocean together with systematic and biological notes on related specimens from other oceans. <em>Discovery Rep.</em> 27: 1-162., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5611213 [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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