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Prayidae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 51332

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2003   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    PhylumCnidaria Hatschek, 1888 – cnidarians, coelenterates, cnidaires, coelentérés, água viva, anêmona, caravela, cnidario, coral, hidra  
       SubphylumMedusozoa   
          ClassHydrozoa Owen, 1843 – hydralike animals, hydroids, hydrozoans, hydraires, hydrozoaires, água viva, hidra, hidrozoa, hidrozoário, pólipo  
             SubclassHydroidolina   
                OrderSiphonophorae  – siphonophores  
                   SuborderCalycophorae   
                      FamilyPrayidae   
    Direct Children:  
                         GenusAmphicaryon Chun, 1888  
                         GenusCraseoa Pugh and Harbison, 1987  
                         GenusDesmailia Haeckel, 1888  
                         GenusDesmophyes Haeckel, 1888  
                         GenusLilyopsis Chun, 1885  
                         GenusMaresearsia Totton, 1954  
                         GenusMistoprayina Pugh and Harbison, 1987  
                         GenusNectadamas Pugh, 1992  
                         GenusNectopyramis Bigelow, 1911  
                         GenusPraya de Blainville, 1834  
                         GenusPrayola Carré, 1969  
                         GenusRosacea Quoy and Gaimard, 1827  
                         GenusStephanophyes Chun, 1888  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Prayidae   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Cairns, Stephen D., Dale R. Calder, Anita Brinckmann-Voss, Clovis B. Castro, Daphne G. Fautin,...   
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora, Second Edition, 2002   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 28   
  Page(s): xi + 115   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-39-5, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Cairns, Stephen D., Dale R. Calder, Anita Brinckmann-Voss, Clovis B. Castro, Daphne G. Fautin, Philip R. Pugh, Claudia E. Mills, Walter C. Jaap, Mary N. Arai, Stephen H. D. Haddock, and Dennis M. Opresko   
  Reference for: Prayidae   
       

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