Bassia bassensis

Bassia bassensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hydrozoa
Order:	Siphonophorae
Family:	Abylidae
Genus:	Bassia; L. Agassiz, 1862
Species:	B. bassensis
Binomial name
	Bassia bassensis; (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Synonyms
	Genus synonymy Sphenoides Huxley, 1859; Species synonymy Abyla bassensis Huxley, 1859 ; Abyla pentagona Mayer, 1900 ; Abyla perforata Gegenbaur, 1859 ; Bassia obeliscus Haeckel, 1888a ; Bassia quadrilatera Haeckel, 1888b ; Bassia tetragona Haeckel, 1888b ; Calpe bassensis Lesson, 1843 ; Diphyes bassensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 ; Sphenoides australis Huxley, 1859 ; Sphenoides obeliscus Haeckel, 1888a ; Sphenoides perforata Haeckel, 1888a ;

Bassia is a monotypic siphonophore genus in the family Abylidae. The genus contains the single species Bassia bassensis.