Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Leptothecata > Suborder Campanulariida > Superfamily Campanularioidea > Family Campanulariidae > Subfamily Clytiinae > Genus Clytia

Clytia hemisphaerica (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Phialidium Leuckart, 1856

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Clytia*	Lamouroux, 1812	accepted genus name
*Epenthesis*	McCrady, 1859	synonym
*Phialidium*	Leuckart, 1856	synonym
*Pseudoclytia*	Mayer, 1900	synonym
*Thaumantias*	Eschscholtz, 1829	synonym

Species group names

*Phialidium johnstoni*	Hincks, 1868	subjective synonym
*Campanularia gigantea*	Hincks, 1866	synonym
*Campanularia raridentata*	Alder in Hincks, 1861	synonym
*Campanularia serrulata*	Bale, 1888	synonym
*Clytia raridentata*	(Alder in Hincks, 1861)	synonym
*Clytia serrulata*	(Bale, 1888)	synonym
*Clytia viridicans*	(Leuckart, 1956)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: kleine klokpoliep

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 112-120
additional source	Calder D.R. (1991). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda: the Thecatae, exclusive of Plumularioidea. Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions. 154: 1-140.
additional source	Segura-Puertas, L., L. Celis, and L. Chiaverano. 2009. Medusozoans (Cnidaria: Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 369–379 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Pre
additional source	Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. Thalassia Salent. 24: 47-296
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Watson, J. E. (2024). The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Museum Victoria Science Reports. 22: 1-121.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. :59-101.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324.
additional source	Steele, R. E.; David, C. N.; Technau, U. (2010). A genomic view of 500 million years of cnidarian evolution. Trends in Genetics, 30(10): 1-7

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Clytia hemisphaerica (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117368

Dr. Wim Vervoort. Clytia hemisphaerica (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/6e067871-3b0a-4a36-868a-f335a3560d13