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 discoida (Mayer, 1900)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Oceania Péron & Lesueur, 1810

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 discoideum*	(Mayer, 1900)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: コザラクラゲ

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	Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms.
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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Clytia discoida (Mayer, 1900). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117366