CaRMS 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
- Subfamily Nectopyramidinae Bigelow, 1911
- Genus Nectadamas Pugh, 1992
- Genus Nectopyramis Bigelow, 1911
- Subfamily Prayinae Kölliker, 1853
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: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135340 on 2025-05-09
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Prayidae Kölliker, 1853. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135340 on 2025-05-09
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action
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original description
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]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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
page(s): 33 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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





From editor or global species database
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]
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Japanese | アイオイクラゲ科 | [details] |