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

Clytia Lamouroux, 1812

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Epenthesis*	McCrady, 1859	synonym
*Phialidium*	Leuckart, 1856	synonym
*Pseudoclytia*	Mayer, 1900	synonym
*Thaumantias*	Eschscholtz, 1829	synonym

Children

Clytia brevithecata (Thornely, 1900)
Clytia brunescens (Bigelow, 1904)
Clytia discoida (Mayer, 1900)
Clytia folleata (McCrady, 1859)
Clytia gracilis (M. Sars, 1851)
Clytia hemisphaerica (Linnaeus, 1767)
Clytia islandica (Kramp, 1919)
Clytia linearis (Thorneley, 1900)
Clytia macrogonia Bouillon, 1984
Clytia mccradyi (Brooks, 1888)
Clytia noliformis (McCrady, 1859) sensu Calder, 1991
Clytia paulensis (Vanhöffen, 1910)

Literature

original description	Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1812). Extrait d'un mémoire sur la classification des Polypiers coralligènes non entièrement pierreux. Nouveau Bulletin scientifique de la Société Philosophique, 3: 181-188
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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp.
additional source	Lira, S.M.A., Farrapeira, C.M.R., Amaral, F.M.D. & Ramos, C.A.C. (2010). Sessile and sedentary macrofauna from the Pirapama shipwreck, Pernambuco, Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 10(4), 155–166.
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.
redescription	Cornelius, P.F.S., 1982. Hydroids and medusae of the family Campanulariidae recorded from the eastern North Atlantic, with a world synopsis of genera. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., Zool. 42 2: 37-148.
subsequent type designation	Opinion 1345, ICZN 1985. Laomedea flexuosa Alder, 1857, Sertularia volubilis Linnaeus, 1758 and Campanularia johnstoni Alder, 1856 designated as type species of Laomedea Lamouroux, 1812, Campanularia Lamarck, 1816 and Clytia Lamouroux, 1812 (Coelenterata, Hydroida) respectively. - Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 42: 271-273.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Clytia Lamouroux, 1812. 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:117030

Dr. Wim Vervoort. Clytia Lamouroux, 1812. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/82e05625-521e-47ab-abe5-06cc12e3c8f9