Lytocarpia

Lytocarpia
Lytocarpia myriophyllum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hydrozoa
Order:	Leptothecata
Family:	Aglaopheniidae
Genus:	Lytocarpia Kirchenpauer, 1872
Synonyms
AcanthocladiumAllman, 1883 Aglaophenia (Lytocarpia) Kirchenpauer, 1872 ThecocarpusNutting, 1900 TheocarpusNutting, 1900

Lytocarpia is a genus of hydrozoans belonging to the family Aglaopheniidae. ^[1]

The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. ^[1]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Lytocarpia: ^[2]

• Lytocarpia acuta Stechow, 1923
• Lytocarpia alata Vervoort & Watson, 2003
• Lytocarpia angulosa (Lamarck, 1816)
• Lytocarpia annandalei (Ritchei, 1910)
• Lytocarpia armata (Bale, 1914)
• Lytocarpia bathyalis Ryland & Gibbons, 1991
• Lytocarpia benedicti (Nutting, 1900)
• Lytocarpia bispinosa (Allman, 1877)
• Lytocarpia brevirostris (Busk, 1852)
• Lytocarpia calycifera (Bale, 1914)
• Lytocarpia canepa (Blanco & Bellusci de Miralles, 1971)
• Lytocarpia chiltoni (Bale, 1924)
• Lytocarpia delicatula (Busk, 1852)
• Lytocarpia distans (Allman, 1877)
• Lytocarpia epizoica Vervoort & Watson, 2003
• Lytocarpia flexuosa (Lamouroux, 1816)
• Lytocarpia formosa (Busk, 1851)
• Lytocarpia fragilis Galea, 2020
• Lytocarpia furcata (Vervoort, 1941)
• Lytocarpia howensis (Briggs, 1918)
• Lytocarpia incisa (Coughtrey, 1875)
• Lytocarpia lepida Watson & Vervoort, 2001
• Lytocarpia megalocarpa (Bale, 1914)
• Lytocarpia myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lytocarpia nicpenny Ryland & Gibbons, 1991
• Lytocarpia nigra (Nutting, 1906)
• Lytocarpia normani (Nutting, 1900)
• Lytocarpia orientalis (Billard, 1908)
• Lytocarpia parvispiralis Watson, 2019
• Lytocarpia perarmata (Billard, 1913)
• Lytocarpia phyteuma (Stechow, 1919)
• Lytocarpia pilosa Galea, 2020
• Lytocarpia pseudoctenata Galea, 2020
• Lytocarpia rigida Vervoort & Watson, 2003
• Lytocarpia similis Vervoort & Watson, 2003
• Lytocarpia spiralis (Totton, 1930)
• Lytocarpia striata Vervoort & Watson, 2003
• Lytocarpia subdichotoma (Ralph, 1961)
• Lytocarpia subtilis Galea, 2020
• Lytocarpia tenuissima (Bale, 1914)
• Lytocarpia tridentata (Versluys, 1899)
• Lytocarpia vitiensis Ryland & Gibbons, 1991
• Lytocarpia vulgaris Vervoort & Watson, 2003

References

1. "Lytocarpia Kirchenpauer, 1872". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Lytocarpia Kirchenpauer, 1872". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-06-30.