Praya (genus)
| Praya | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Siphonophorae |
| Family: | Prayidae |
| Genus: | Praya Quoy & Gaimard in de Blainville, 1834 |
Praya is a genus of marine invertebrates in the order Siphonophora. They are colonial, but the colonies can superficially resemble jellyfish; although they appear to be a single organism, each specimen is actually a colony of Siphonophora. It contains the following species:
- Praya dubia (Quoy & Gaimard in de Blainville, 1830)
- Praya reticulata (Bigelow, 1911)
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