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Prayidae

Wikipedia Abstract

The Prayidae are a family of marine invertebrates in the order Siphonophora. 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. It contains these subfamilies and genera:
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Genus

Amphicaryon (Siphonophore) (3)
Craseoa (1)
Desmailia (1)
Desmophyes (Siphonophore) (3)
Gymnopraia (1)
Lilyopsis (Siphonophore) (2)
Maresearsia (1)
Mistoprayina (1)
Nectadamas (2)
Nectopyramis (Siphonophore) (2)
Praya (Siphonophore) (2)
Prayola (2)
Rosacea (6)
Stephanophyes (Siphonophore) (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0