Clytia gracilis M. Sars 1850

Clytia gracilis (M. Sars, 1850) (fig. 5 F) Laomedea gracilis M. Sars, 1850: 138. (?) Gonothyraea gracilis – Hartlaub, 1905: 583, figs F 2 –J 2. Clytia gracilis – Calder, 1991: 54, fig. 31. – Cornelius, 1995: 246, fig. 56. – Medel & Vervoort, 2000: 32. – Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa, 2002...

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Main Authors: Galea, Horia R., Häussermann, Verena, Försterra, Günter
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Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/6212464
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6212464
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Summary:Clytia gracilis (M. Sars, 1850) (fig. 5 F) Laomedea gracilis M. Sars, 1850: 138. (?) Gonothyraea gracilis – Hartlaub, 1905: 583, figs F 2 –J 2. Clytia gracilis – Calder, 1991: 54, fig. 31. – Cornelius, 1995: 246, fig. 56. – Medel & Vervoort, 2000: 32. – Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa, 2002: 145, fig. 28 A–B. Material examined. Stn. 8 – 23.02.2008, 26 m, A 580 (MHNG INVE 62823): a colony composed of several hydrothecae, but no gonothecae, epizoic on Symplectoscyphus milneanus (d’Orbigny, 1846). Type locality. Lofoten Islands, Norway. Remarks. For a description of this well-known species, I refer to Cornelius (1995). Its synonymy has been extensively discussed by Calder (1991). World distribution. Circumglobal, penetrating in subpolar seas (Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa 2002). For a detailed list of world records, see Medel & Vervoort (2000). Records from Chile. Juan Fernández, Calbuco, Navarino Island (Hartlaub 1905), South of Chiloé Island (present study). Published as part of Galea, Horia R., Häussermann, Verena & Försterra, Günter, 2009, New additions to the hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the fjords region of southern Chile, pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 2019 on page 23, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.186052