Galapagos Species Database
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Clytia hemisphaerica
Hydroides, Hydroids
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hydrozoa
Order
Leptothecata
Suborder
Proboscoida
Family
Campanulariidae
Genus
Clytia
Species
hemisphaerica
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Campanularia acuta Stechow, 1919, Campanularia attenuata Stechow, 1919, Campanularia brachycaulis Stechow, 1919, Campanularia coronata Clarke, 1879, Campanularia edwardsi Nutting, 1901, Campanularia gegenbauri Sars, 1857, Campanularia gigantea Hincks, 1866, Campanularia hemisphaerica (Linnaeus, 1767) , Campanularia johnstoni Alder, 1856, Campanularia minuta Nutting, 1901, Campanularia raridentata Alder in Hincks, 1861, Campanularia serrulata Bale, 1888, Campanularia villafrancensis Stechow, 1919, Campanularia volubiliformis M. Sars, 185, Clytia (Trochopyxis) bicophora L. Agassiz, 1862, Clytia bicophora Agassiz, 1862, Clytia compressa Totton, 1930, Clytia coronata (Clarke, 1879) , Clytia gigantea (Hincks, 1866), Clytia grayi Nutting, 1901, Clytia inconspicua (Forbes, 1848), Clytia johnstoni (Alder, 1856), Clytia laevis Weismann, 1883, Clytia languida (A. Agassiz, 1862), Clytia minuta (Nutting, 1901), Clytia obeliformis Stechow, 1914, Clytia phosphorica (Péron & Lesueur, 1810), Clytia raridentata (Alder, 1861) , Clytia serrulata (Bale, 188, Clytia similis Fraser, 1947, Clytia simplex Congdon, 1907, Clytia urnigera Lamouroux, 1816, Clytia viridicans (Leuckart, 1956), Epenthesis bicophora (L. Agassiz, 1862) Eucope affinis Gegenbaur, 1857, Eucope variabilis Claus, 1864, Laomedea gigantea (Hincks, 1866), Laomedea villafrancensis (Stechow, 1919), Medusa hemisphaerica Linnaeus, 1767, Oceania languida A. Agassiz, 1862, Oceania magnifica Mayer, 1900, Oceania phosphorica Péron & Lesueur, 1810, Phialidium bicophorum (L. Agassiz, 1862), Phialidium hemisphaericum (Linnaeus, 1767), Phialidium languidum (A. Agassiz, 1862) Phialidium minutum (Nutting, 1901), Phialidium variabile (Claus, 1864), Phialidium viridicans Leuckart, 1856, Thaumantias achroa Cobbold, 1858, Thaumantias hemispherica (Linnaeus, 1767), Thaumantias inconspicua Forbes, 1848, Thaumantias lineata Forbes, 1848, Thaumantias pileata Forbes, 1841, Thaumantias punctata Forbes, 1848, Thaumantias sarnica Forbes, 1848 (Horton et al., 2021)
Origin: Native
Distribution: (C. Edwarsi) Lower Calif., Mexico and Galapagos Islands in Fernandina, Isabela (Fraser, C.M, 1938)
- Calder, D.R. Mallinson, J.J., Collins, K. & Hickman, C.P. (2003) Additions to the Hydroids (Cnidaria) of the Galapagos, with a List of Species Reported from the Islands. J. Nat. Hist. 37:1173-1218.
- Fraser, C.M. (1939) Distribution of the hydroids in the collections of the Allan Hancock Expeditions. Fraser, M. (1939). Distribution of the hydroids in the collections of the Allan Hancock Expeditions. In Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. (Vol. 4, pp. 155–178).
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Clytia hemisphaerica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19445. Accessed 31 October 2026.