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.

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