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Scientific Name: Praya dubia (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
English Name: Not Known
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known
Not Known - Not Known - Praya dubia - Type: Marine_hydroids

Photo: eduardmarques(GBIF)

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Siphonophorae
Family: Prayidae
Description:
The siphonophore Praya dubia is considered one of the longest animals on Earth. In the polygastric phase, it consists of a pair of expansive, smooth, opposing, huge, elongated nectophores that are similar. The hydroecium appears as a deep groove extending from the apex to below the level of the nectosac’s ostium, bordered by two lateral flaps. It is partially closed above by a small gelatinous flap and completely enclosed below by lateral flaps. The pedicular canal is simple and unbranched. The somatocysts have three main branches, with thick, opaque white strands clearly visible within the transparent mesoglea. The median branch lies in the mid-longitudinal region, running anteriorly almost up to the apex of the nectophore, and then dividing into two lateral branches that extend to the nectophore’s lateral edges.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Saint martin’s island
Environment:
Marine
Main References:

Kabir SMH, Ahmed M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M (eds) (2008) Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh. Protozoa-Gastrotricha. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. Vol.14, 335 pp.

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