Clytia (hydrozoan)

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Clytia
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Clytia gregaria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Leptothecata
Family: Campanulariidae
Genus: Clytia
Lamouroux, 1812

Clytia is a genus of hydrozoans belonging to the family Campanulariidae. [1]

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. [1]

Species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Clytia Lamouroux, 1812". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 April 2021.