WoRMS name details

Praya maxima Gegenbaur, 1854

710116  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:710116)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Medusozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hydrozoa (Class)
  6. Hydroidolina (Subclass)
  7. Siphonophorae (Order)
  8. Calycophorae (Suborder)
  9. Prayidae (Family)
  10. Prayinae (Subfamily)
  11. Praya (Genus)
  12. Praya maxima (Species)
 unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gegenbaur, C. 1854c. Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Schwimmpolypen (Siphonophoren). - Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 5: 285-344, pl. 16-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14279854
page(s): 301, pl. 17 figs 1-6 [details] 
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Praya maxima Gegenbaur, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=710116 on 2025-05-09
Date
action
by
2012-11-09 10:16:29Z
created
Mapstone, Gill
2013-12-19 19:27:14Z
changed
Schuchert, Peter

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Nomenclature

original description Gegenbaur, C. 1854c. Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Schwimmpolypen (Siphonophoren). - Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 5: 285-344, pl. 16-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14279854
page(s): 301, pl. 17 figs 1-6 [details] 

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