Prayidae Explained

Prayidae is a family of marine invertebrates in the order Siphonophorae. They are colonial, and the colonies can superficially resemble jellyfish; although they appear to be a single organism, each specimen is actually a colony of Siphonophora.

The family contains the following subfamilies and genera:^[1]

• Subfamily Amphicaryoninae Chun, 1888
  • Genus Amphicaryon Chun, 1888
  • Genus Maresearsia Totton, 1954
• Subfamily Nectopyramidinae Bigelow, 1911
  • Genus Nectadamas Pugh, 1992
  • Genus Nectopyramis Bigelow, 1911
• Subfamily Prayinae Chun, 1885
  • Genus Craseoa Pugh & Harbison, 1987
  • Genus Desmophyes Haeckel, 1888
  • Genus Gymnopraia Haddock, Dunn & Pugh, 2005
  • Genus Lilyopsis Chun, 1885
  • Genus Mistoprayina Pugh & Harbison, 1987
  • Genus Praya Quoy & Gaimard, in de Blainville, 1834
  • Genus Prayola Carré, C. 1969
  • Genus Rosacea Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
  • Genus Stephanophyes Chun, 1888

References

• Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Prayidae Kölliker, 1853.
• Pugh . P. R. . 2009 . The status of the genus Prayoides (Siphonophora: Prayidae) . Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom . 72 . 4 . 895–909 . 10.1017/S0025315400060136.

Notes and References

1. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Prayidae Kölliker, 1853. marinespecies.org. en. 2018-03-17.