Chinese Register of Marine Species - Abyla Quoy & Gaimard, 1827

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Marine Species
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Abyla Quoy & Gaimard, 1827

Abyla trigona - polygastric colony

AphiaID

135351 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135351)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Abyla trigona Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 (type by monotypy)

Type taxon of

Abylinae L. Agassiz, 1862

Parent

Abylinae L. Agassiz, 1862

Original name

Abyla Quoy & Gaimard, 1827

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Species Abyla bicarinata Moser, 1925
Species Abyla haeckeli Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908
Species Abyla trigona Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
Species Abyla brownia Sears, 1953 accepted as Abyla bicarinata Moser, 1925 (synonym)
Species Abyla carina Haeckel, 1888 accepted as Abyla trigona Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 (synonym)
Species Abyla ingeborgae Sears, 1953 accepted as Abyla haeckeli Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908 (synonym)
Species Abyla peruana Sears, 1953 accepted as Abyla trigona Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 (synonym)
Species Abyla schmidti Sears, 1953 accepted as Abyla trigona Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 (synonym)
Species Abyla tottoni Sears, 1953 accepted as Abyla bicarinata Moser, 1925 (synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1827). Observations zoologiques faites à bord de l'Astrolabe, en mai 1826, dans le Détroit de Gibraltar. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. 10: 5-21, 172-193, 225-239; pls 1-2, 4-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6008318
page(s): 13 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Abyla Quoy & Gaimard, 1827. Accessed through: Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2026) Chinese Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135351 on 2026-09-12

Regional species database citation

Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2026). Chinese Register of Marine Species. Abyla Quoy & Gaimard, 1827. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135351 on 2026-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Mapstone, Gill

2006-01-27 08:54:21Z

checked

Mapstone, Gill

2012-10-22 10:49:30Z

changed

Mapstone, Gill

2013-12-09 19:33:49Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2014-01-02 14:55:57Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2021-04-28 09:07:00Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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original description Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1827). Observations zoologiques faites à bord de l'Astrolabe, en mai 1826, dans le Détroit de Gibraltar. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. 10: 5-21, 172-193, 225-239; pls 1-2, 4-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6008318
page(s): 13 [details]

redescription Sears, M. (1953). Notes on siphonophores. 2. A revision of the Abylinae. Bulletin of the Museum of comparative Zoölogy of Harvard College. 109: 1-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3886008 [details]

redescription Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230. [details]