Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Leptothecata > Family Campanulariidae > Genus Clytia

Clytia gracilis (Sars, 1850)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Laomedea Lamouroux, 1812

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Clytia*	Lamouroux, 1812	accepted genus name
*Phialidium*	Leuckart, 1856	synonym
*Pseudoclytia*	Mayer, 1900	synonym

Species group names

*Laomedea gracilis*	M.Sars, 1851	objective 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	Day, J.H. & J.F.C. Morgans (1956). The ecology of South African estuaries. Part 7. The Biology of Durban Bay. Ann. Natal Mus. 13: 259-312.
additional source	ITIS database
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	Calder, D. 2003 MS. Checklist of Hydroids, hydromedusae and siphonophores reported from the Bay of Fundy.
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	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	Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
redescription	Cornelius, P.F.S., 1995. North-West European Thecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Part 2. Sertulariidae to Campanulariidae. In: R.S.K. Barnes & J.H. Crothers, eds, Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series). The Linn. Soc. London and Est. Coas. Sci. Ass. - Field Studies Council. 50 : i-vii, 1-386.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
GenBank (30 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Schuchert, P. (2014). Clytia gracilis (Sars, 1850). In: Schuchert, P. (2014) World Hydrozoa database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117367

Dr Wim Vervoort. Clytia gracilis (M.Sars, 1851). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=240608