RAS taxon details
Praya Quoy & Gaimard in de Blainville, 1834
135376 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135376)
accepted
Genus
Nectocarmen Alvariño, 1983 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1834). Manuel d'actinologie ou de zoophytologie. <em>F.G. Levroult. Paris: Strasbourg.</em> 1-2: 1-644, pls. I-C., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9680581
page(s): 137 [details]
page(s): 137 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Praya Quoy & Gaimard in de Blainville, 1834. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2026) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135376 on 2026-06-13
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Praya Quoy & Gaimard in de Blainville, 1834. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135376 on 2026-06-13
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original description
Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1834). Manuel d'actinologie ou de zoophytologie. <em>F.G. Levroult. Paris: Strasbourg.</em> 1-2: 1-644, pls. I-C., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9680581
page(s): 137 [details]
original description (of Nectocarmen Alvariño, 1983) Alvariño, A. 1983. Nectocarmen antonioi, a new Prayinae, Calycophorae, Siphonophora from California. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 96 (3): 339-348.
page(s): 339 [details] Available for editors
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (PeRMS) Oliveira, O. M. P.; Miranda, T. P.; Araujo, E. M.; Ayón, P.; Cedeño-Posso, C. M.; Cepeda-Mercado, A. A.; Córdova, P.; Cunha, A. F.; Genzano, G. N.; Haddad, M. A.; Mianzan, H. W.; Migotto, A. E.; Miranda, L. S.; Morandini, A. C.; Nagata, R. M.; Nascimento, K. B.; Júnior, M. N.; Palma, S.; Quiñones, J.; Rodriguez, C. S.; Scarabino, F.; Schiariti, A.; Stampar, S. N.; Tronolone, V. B.; Marques, A. C. (2016). Census of Cnidaria (Medusozoa) and Ctenophora from South American marine waters. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4194(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4194.1.1 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230.
page(s): 121 [details]
additional source Mapstone, G. M. 2009. Siphonophora (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of Canadian Pacific waters. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 302 p
page(s): 133 [details]
additional source Mapstone, G.M. (2001). Siphonophora, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 120-122. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Pugh, P. R. (1992). The status of the genus Prayoides (Siphonophora, Prayidae). <em>J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K.</em> 72 (4): 895-909., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400060136
page(s): 895 [details]
page(s): 137 [details]
original description (of Nectocarmen Alvariño, 1983) Alvariño, A. 1983. Nectocarmen antonioi, a new Prayinae, Calycophorae, Siphonophora from California. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 96 (3): 339-348.
page(s): 339 [details] Available for editors
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (PeRMS) Oliveira, O. M. P.; Miranda, T. P.; Araujo, E. M.; Ayón, P.; Cedeño-Posso, C. M.; Cepeda-Mercado, A. A.; Córdova, P.; Cunha, A. F.; Genzano, G. N.; Haddad, M. A.; Mianzan, H. W.; Migotto, A. E.; Miranda, L. S.; Morandini, A. C.; Nagata, R. M.; Nascimento, K. B.; Júnior, M. N.; Palma, S.; Quiñones, J.; Rodriguez, C. S.; Scarabino, F.; Schiariti, A.; Stampar, S. N.; Tronolone, V. B.; Marques, A. C. (2016). Census of Cnidaria (Medusozoa) and Ctenophora from South American marine waters. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4194(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4194.1.1 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230.
page(s): 121 [details]
additional source Mapstone, G. M. 2009. Siphonophora (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of Canadian Pacific waters. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 302 p
page(s): 133 [details]
additional source Mapstone, G.M. (2001). Siphonophora, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 120-122. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Pugh, P. R. (1992). The status of the genus Prayoides (Siphonophora, Prayidae). <em>J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K.</em> 72 (4): 895-909., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400060136
page(s): 895 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
