Clytia (cnidarian)

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

Clytia is a genus of marine hydrozoans belonging to the family Campanulariidae. ^{[1] [2]} The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. ^[2]

The subgenera Clytia (Platypyxis) L. Agassiz, 1862 and Clytia (Trochopyxis)L. Agassiz, 1862 are no longer recognized, whereas the subgenus Clytia (Orthopyxis)L. Agassiz, 1862 is accepted as its own genus, Orthopyxis . ^[1]

Species

There are 56 recognized species: ^[1]

• Clytia ambigua (Agassiz & Mayer, 1899)
• Clytia arborescens Pictet, 1893
• Clytia brevicyatha Mammen, 1965
• Clytia brevithecata (Thornely, 1900)
• Clytia brunescens (Bigelow, 1904)
• Clytia crenata Mammen, 1965
• Clytia delicatula (Thornely, 1900)
• Clytia discoida (Mayer, 1900)
• Clytia edentula Gibbons & Ryland, 1989
• Clytia elongata Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1890
• Clytia elsaeoswaldae Stechow, 1914
• Clytia exilis Fraser, 1948
• Clytia fascicularis Fraser, 1938
• Clytia folleata (McCrady, 1859)
• Clytia gelatinosa (Mayer, 1900)
• Clytia globosa (Mayer, 1900)
• Clytia gracilicaulis (Fraser, 1938)
• Clytia gracilis (M. Sars, 1851)
• Clytia gregaria (Agassiz, 1862)
• Clytia gulangensis He & Zheng, 2015
• Clytia hemisphaerica (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Clytia hexacanalis Xu, Huang & Chen, 1991
• Clytia iridescens (Maas, 1906)
• Clytia irregularis Fraser, 1938
• Clytia islandica (Kramp, 1919)
• Clytia joycei Calder, 2019
• Clytia kincaidi (Nutting, 1899)
• Clytia laxa Fraser, 1937
• Clytia liguiliformis Mammen, 1965
• Clytia linearis (Thorneley, 1900)
• Clytia lomae (Torrey, 1909)
• Clytia macrocarpa Fraser, 1938
• Clytia macrogonia Bouillon, 1984
• Clytia macrotheca (Perkins, 1908)
• Clytia malayense (Kramp, 1961)
• Clytia mccradyi (Brooks, 1888)
• Clytia multiannulata Hirohito, 1995
• Clytia multidentata Fraser, 1938
• Clytia noliformis (McCrady, 1859) sensu Calder, 1991
• Clytia pacifica (Agassiz & Mayer, 1899)
• Clytia paradoxa (Stechow, 1923)
• Clytia paulensis (Vanhöffen, 1910)
• Clytia pearsonensis Watson, 1973
• Clytia rangiroae (Agassiz & Mayer, 1902)
• Clytia reloncavia Galea & Schories, 2012
• Clytia seriata Fraser, 1938
• Clytia sibogae Billard, 1917
• Clytia simplex (Browne, 1902)
• Clytia singulare (Mayer, 1900)
• Clytia stechowi Hargitt, 1927
• Clytia thornelyi (Nutting, 1927)
• Clytia trigona Pictet, 1893
• Clytia uchidai (Kramp, 1961)
• Clytia universitatis Torrey, 1904
• Clytia warreni Stechow, 1919
• Clytia xiamenensis Zhou et al., 2013

References

1. Schuchert P, ed. (2025). "Clytia Lamouroux, 1812". World Hydrozoa Database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 12 August 2025.
2. "Clytia Lamouroux, 1812". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 12 August 2025.