Description
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Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -5,434 meters (0 to -17,828 feet).Mean = -3,096.920 meters (-10,160.499 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,871.140 based on 24 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Cnidaria
()
- Cnidarians
- Class:
Hydrozoa
()
- Hydrozoans, Hydroids, Hydralike Animals
- Order:
Siphonophora
()
- Siphonophorans
- Family:
Tenebrionoidea
()
- Genus:
Abyla
()
- Specific name:
trigona
- Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
- Scientific name: - Abyla trigona Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
- Specific name:
trigona
- Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
- Genus:
Abyla
(
- Family:
Tenebrionoidea
(
- Order:
Siphonophora
(
- Class:
Hydrozoa
(
- Phylum:
Cnidaria
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Mapstone G.M. & van der Land J., 2000-2006
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Abyla
There are approximately 10 species in this genus:
A. bicarinata · A. brownia · A. carina · A. haeckeli · A. ingeborgae · A. pentagona · A. peruana · A. schmidti · A. totttoni · A. trigona
More Info
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Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms 2006.
- URMO
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- GBIF-Sweden: Zoology (Museum of Evolution - Uppsala)
- National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections
- NLBIF: Zoological Museum Amsterdam - Coelenterata
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2568061
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: URM-Cn-9832
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 299352
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 51366
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 451722
