Deep-Sea taxon details
Praya dubia (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
135466 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135466)
accepted
Species
Nectocarmen antonioi Alvariño, 1983 · unaccepted (synonym)
Prayoides intermedia Leloup, 1934 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1833). Zoologie IV: Zoophytes. In:Zoologie. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe : exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829 / sous le commandement de J. Dumont d'Urville. pp. 1-390. Paris, J. Tastu., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2064339
page(s): 104, pl. 5 figs 34-36 [details]
page(s): 104, pl. 5 figs 34-36 [details]
Distribution cosmopolitan, excl. Mediterranean
Distribution cosmopolitan, excl. Mediterranean [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Praya dubia (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135466 on 2026-08-06
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Praya dubia (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135466 on 2026-08-06
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original description
(of Prayoides intermedia Leloup, 1934) Leloup E. (1934a). Siphonophores calycophorides de l'Ocean Atlantique tropical et austral. <em>Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique.</em> 10(6): 1-87.
page(s): 11, fig. 4 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Nectocarmen antonioi 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, figs 1-5 [details] Available for editors
original description (of ) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1833). Zoologie IV: Zoophytes. In:Zoologie. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe : exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829 / sous le commandement de J. Dumont d'Urville. pp. 1-390. Paris, J. Tastu., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2064339
page(s): 104, pl. 5 figs 34-36 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Pugh, P. R. (2013). Confirmed records of Siphonophorae found below 500 m depth. (personal database). [details]
context source (Bermuda) Morris, B. F. (1975). The neuston of the Northwest Atlantic . Ph.D. thesis - Dalhousie University. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Pugh, P. R. & Gasca, R. (2009). Siphonophorae (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 395–402. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source 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): 896, figs 2, 4b, 5, 7, 9 [details]
additional source Pugh, P. R. (1999). Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. <em>Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.</em> 1-868.
page(s): 485, figs 3.36, 3.47 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
redescription Mapstone, G. M. 2009. Siphonophora (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of Canadian Pacific waters. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 302 p
page(s): 134-137, fig 28A-D [details]
ecology source Pugh, P. R. (1999). Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. <em>Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.</em> 1-868. [details]
ecology source Robison, B.H., 2004. Deep pelagic biology. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 300 1-2: 253-272. [details] Available for editors
page(s): 11, fig. 4 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Nectocarmen antonioi 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, figs 1-5 [details] Available for editors
original description (of ) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1833). Zoologie IV: Zoophytes. In:Zoologie. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe : exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829 / sous le commandement de J. Dumont d'Urville. pp. 1-390. Paris, J. Tastu., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2064339
page(s): 104, pl. 5 figs 34-36 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Pugh, P. R. (2013). Confirmed records of Siphonophorae found below 500 m depth. (personal database). [details]
context source (Bermuda) Morris, B. F. (1975). The neuston of the Northwest Atlantic . Ph.D. thesis - Dalhousie University. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Pugh, P. R. & Gasca, R. (2009). Siphonophorae (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 395–402. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source 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): 896, figs 2, 4b, 5, 7, 9 [details]
additional source Pugh, P. R. (1999). Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. <em>Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.</em> 1-868.
page(s): 485, figs 3.36, 3.47 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
redescription Mapstone, G. M. 2009. Siphonophora (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of Canadian Pacific waters. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 302 p
page(s): 134-137, fig 28A-D [details]
ecology source Pugh, P. R. (1999). Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. <em>Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.</em> 1-868. [details]
ecology source Robison, B.H., 2004. Deep pelagic biology. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 300 1-2: 253-272. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype YPM 35346, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution cosmopolitan, excl. Mediterranean [details]Habitat epi-mesopelagic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | マヨイアイオイクラゲ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Prayoides intermedia Leloup, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Nectocarmen antonioi Alvariño, 1983)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Praya dubia)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Prayoides intermedia Leloup, 1934)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (8 records) (from synonym Nectocarmen antonioi Alvariño, 1983)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 60895) (from synonym Nectocarmen antonioi Alvariño, 1983)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 106734)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Prayoides intermedia Leloup, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Nectocarmen antonioi Alvariño, 1983)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Praya dubia)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Prayoides intermedia Leloup, 1934)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (8 records) (from synonym Nectocarmen antonioi Alvariño, 1983)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 60895) (from synonym Nectocarmen antonioi Alvariño, 1983)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 106734)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
