Abyla trigona
Anatomy based on Quoy and Gaimard 1827
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Siphonophorae
Family: Abylidae
Genus: Abyla
Species:
A. trigona
Binomial name
Abyla trigona
Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
Synonyms
  • Abyla carina Haeckel, 1888
  • Abyla peruana Sears, 1953
  • Abyla schmidti Sears, 1953
  • Amphiroa carina Haeckel, 1888
  • Eudoxia trigonae Gegenbaur, 1859
  • Pseudabyla dubia Sears, 1953
  • Pseudabyla irregularis Sears, 1953

Abyla trigona is a colonial siphonophore in the family Abylidae. It was described in 1925.[1]

Description

The species has an anterior nectophore that is the same size both broad and wide. It also has very heavy irregular and serrate ridges. The ventral facet is not separated from the apico-ventral facet. The posterior nectophore can have from 4 to 11 teeth on a comb. It also has two rows of very serrated teeth on the basal margin.[2]

Distribution

The species is found mainly in tropical waters. Individuals were spotted in the South China Sea in the upper 200 m during February and March. There are two records from the South Pacific and several in the western and central tropical Pacific.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "Marine Species Identification Portal: Abyla trigona". species-identification.org. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  3. ↑ Alvariño, Angeles (1971). "Siphonophores of the Pacific with a Review of the World Distribution" (PDF). University of California Press.

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