Prayidae

Prayidae
Illustration of Praya dubia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hydrozoa
Order:	Siphonophorae
Suborder:	Calycophorae
Family:	Prayidae Kölliker, 1853

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

• "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. doi:10.1017/S0025315400060136.