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Prayidae
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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Amphicaryoninae
- Amphicaryon Chun, 1888
- Maresearsia Totton, 1954
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Nectopyramidinae
- Nectadamas Pugh, 1992
- Nectopyramis Bigelow, 1911
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Prayinae
- Craseoa Pugh & Harbison, 1987
- Desmophyes Haeckel, 1888
- Gymnopraia Haddock, Dunn & Pugh, 2005
- Lilyopsis Chun, 1885
- Mistoprayina Pugh & Harbison, 1987
- Praya Quoy & Gaimard, in de Blainville, 1834
- Prayola Carré, C. 1969
- Rosacea Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
- Stephanophyes Chun, 1888