title: Prayidae
text: # Prayidae
  
  Prayidae is a family of marine invertebrates in the order Siphonophorae. 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.
  
  The family contains the following subfamilies and genera:
  
  * Subfamily Amphicaryoninae Chun, 1888
     * Genus Amphicaryon Chun, 1888
     * Genus Maresearsia Totton, 1954
  * Subfamily Nectopyramidinae Bigelow, 1911
     * Genus Nectadamas Pugh, 1992
     * Genus Nectopyramis Bigelow, 1911
  * Subfamily Prayinae Chun, 1885
     * 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
  