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Abylidae
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The Abylidae are a family of marine invertebrates 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.

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It contains the following taxa:[1]

  • Subfamily Abylinae L. Agassiz, 1862
    • Genus Abyla Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
    • Genus Ceratocymba Chun, 1888
      • Ceratocymba dentata (Bigelow, 1918)
      • Ceratocymba leuckarti (Huxley, 1859)
      • Ceratocymba sagittata Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
  • Subfamily Abylopsinae Totton, 1954
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