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.
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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.
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prayidae, family, marine, invertebrates, order, siphonophorae, they, colonial, colonies, superficially, resemble, jellyfish, although, they, appear, single, organism, each, specimen, actually, colony, siphonophora, illustration, praya, dubiascientific, classif. 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 PrayidaeIllustration of Praya dubiaScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum CnidariaClass HydrozoaOrder SiphonophoraeSuborder CalycophoraeFamily PrayidaeKolliker 1853The 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 amp Harbison 1987 Genus Desmophyes Haeckel 1888 Genus Gymnopraia Haddock Dunn amp Pugh 2005 Genus Lilyopsis Chun 1885 Genus Mistoprayina Pugh amp Harbison 1987 Genus Praya Quoy amp Gaimard in de Blainville 1834 Genus Prayola Carre C 1969 Genus Rosacea Quoy amp Gaimard 1827 Genus Stephanophyes Chun 1888References editThis article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations September 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message WoRMS World Register of Marine Species Prayidae Kolliker 1853 marinespecies org Retrieved 2018 03 17 WoRMS World Register of Marine Species Prayidae Kolliker 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 nbsp This Siphonophorae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Prayidae amp oldid 1088216218, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
