WoRMS taxon details
Prayidae Kölliker, 1853
135340 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135340)
accepted
Family
- Subfamily Amphicaryoninae Chun, 1888
- Genus Amphicaryon Chun, 1888
- Genus Maresearsia Totton, 1954
- Genus Mitrophyes Haeckel, 1888 accepted as Amphicaryon Chun, 1888
- Subfamily Nectopyramidinae Bigelow, 1911
- Genus Nectadamas Pugh, 1992
- Genus Nectopyramis Bigelow, 1911
- Genus Archisoma Bigelow, 1911 accepted as Nectopyramis Bigelow, 1911
- Subfamily Prayinae Kölliker, 1853
- 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
- Genus Eudoxella Haeckel, 1888 accepted as Rosacea Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 (synonym)
- Genus Nectocarmen Alvariño, 1983 accepted as Praya Quoy & Gaimard in de Blainville, 1834
- Genus Nectodroma Bigelow, 1911 accepted as Praya Quoy & Gaimard in de Blainville, 1834
- Genus Praia Blainville, 1830 accepted as Praya Quoy & Gaimard in de Blainville, 1834 (spelling variant, not in use)
- Genus Prayoides Leloup, 1934 accepted as Praya Quoy & Gaimard in de Blainville, 1834
- Subfamily Amphicaryonidae Chun, 1888 accepted as Amphicaryoninae Chun, 1888 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling, incorrect suffix for subfamily)
- Genus Neorosacea Margulis, 1994 accepted as Rosacea Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kölliker, A. 1853. Die Schwimmpolypen oder Siphonophoren von Messina. Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann. Pp. 1-96, pls 12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12726286
page(s): 33 [details]
page(s): 33 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Prayidae Kölliker, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135340 on 2025-06-20
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Kölliker, A. 1853. Die Schwimmpolypen oder Siphonophoren von Messina. Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann. Pp. 1-96, pls 12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12726286
page(s): 33 [details]
basis of record Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 33 [details]
basis of record Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Calycophorae with relatively large and usually rounded nectophores, containing large quantities of mesogloea; the larval nectophore sometimes retained during polygastric stage or may be replaced by one to four definitive nectophores, whose somatocysts are often complexly branched; the eudoxid bracts are rounded and unridged. [details]
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | アイオイクラゲ科 | [details] |
