MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Prayinae Kölliker, 1853

WoRMS taxon details

Prayinae Kölliker, 1853

AphiaID

151530 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151530)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Prayidae Kölliker, 1853

Original name

Prayidae Kölliker, 1853

Direct children (14)

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Genus Craseoa Pugh & Harbison, 1987
Genus Desmophyes Haeckel, 1888
Genus Gymnopraia Haddock, Dunn & Pugh, 2005
Genus Lilyopsis Chun, 1885
Genus Mistoprayina Pugh & Harbison, 1987
Genus Praya Quoy & Gaimard in de Blainville, 1834
Genus Prayola Carré C., 1969
Genus Rosacea Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
Genus Stephanophyes Chun, 1888
Genus Eudoxella Haeckel, 1888 accepted as Rosacea Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 (synonym)
Genus Nectocarmen Alvariño, 1983 accepted as Praya Quoy & Gaimard in de Blainville, 1834
Genus Nectodroma Bigelow, 1911 accepted as Praya Quoy & Gaimard in de Blainville, 1834
Genus Praia Blainville, 1830 accepted as Praya Quoy & Gaimard in de Blainville, 1834 (spelling variant, not in use)
Genus Prayoides Leloup, 1934 accepted as Praya Quoy & Gaimard in de Blainville, 1834

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Prayidae Kölliker, 1853) 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]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Prayinae Kölliker, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151530 on 2025-04-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-06 15:03:24Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2006-01-27 08:54:21Z

checked

Mapstone, Gill

2024-11-03 13:40:00Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Prayidae Kölliker, 1853) 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]

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. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomy

taxonomy source Chun, C. (1897). Die Siphonophoren der Plankton-Expedition. Band II. Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung. 1-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2108844
page(s): 1163; note: introduced new subfamily Prayidae, but this family level name was already introduced by Kölliker (1853); Kölliker is automatically also the author of the nominotypical subfamily (Prayidae, Prayinae) [details]

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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Introduced: alien

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