Prayidae is a family of marine

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s in the order

Siphonophorae Siphonophorae (from Ancient Greek σίφων (siphōn), meaning "tube" and -φόρος (-phóros), meaning "bearing") is an order within Hydrozoa, a class of marine organisms within the phylum Cnidaria. According to the World Register of Marin ...

. They are colonial, and the colonies can superficially resemble

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; although they appear to be a single

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, each specimen is actually a colony of Siphonophora. The family contains the following subfamilies and genera: * Subfamily Amphicaryoninae Chun, 1888 ** Genus '' Amphicaryon'' Chun, 1888 ** Genus '' Maresearsia''

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, 1954 * Subfamily Nectopyramidinae Bigelow, 1911 ** Genus '' Nectadamas''

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, 1992 ** Genus '' Nectopyramis'' Bigelow, 1911 * Subfamily Prayinae Chun, 1885 ** Genus '' Craseoa''

& Harbison, 1987 ** Genus '' Desmophyes''

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, 1888 ** Genus '' Gymnopraia''

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, Dunn &

, 2005 ** Genus '' Lilyopsis'' Chun, 1885 ** Genus '' Mistoprayina''

& Harbison, 1987 ** Genus ''

Praya Praya () was a term used in 19th-century Hong Kong to refer to a promenade by the waterfront. The name comes from the Portuguese word ''praia'', which means "beach," but in China it came to mean a stone-faced waterfront road. In Hong Kong, it ...

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, in de Blainville, 1834 ** Genus '' Prayola'' Carré, C. 1969 ** Genus ''

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, 1827 ** Genus '' Stephanophyes'' Chun, 1888

References

* * Calycophorae Cnidarian families {{Siphonophorae-stub