Clytia hemisphaerica

Author
(Linnaeus, 1767)

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
1135 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Southeastern U.S. and the Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, Bermuda, northeastern U.S. and Atlantic Canada, Atlantic coast of South America, eastern Atlantic, Indian Ocean, western Pacific, eastern Pacific, Atlantic, Mediterranean, Pacific
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • hard substrate
  • neritic
  • coral reef
Microhabitat
  • epiphytic fauna
  • cryptic fauna
References

  • Deevey, E. S. Jr. 1954. Hydroids of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 267–272 in P. S. Galtsoff, ed. Gulf of Mexico, Its Origin, Waters, and Marine Life. Fishery Bulletin 89. Fishery Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service, Volume 55, Washington, D.C.

  • Defenbaugh, R. E., and S. H. Hopkins. 1973. The occurrence and distribution of the hydroids of the Galveston Bay, Texas, area. Texas A&M University, College Station, TAMU-SG-73-210. 202 pp.

  • Vervoort, W. 1968. Report on a collection of Hydroida from the Caribbean region, including an annotated checklist of Caribbean hydroids. Zoologische Verhandelingen 92: 1–124.

  • Correia-Valenca, K. 1992. Medusas del Golfo de México y Litoral Norte/Noreste de Brasil (Ocurrencia y Distribución) [dissertation]. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.

  • Loman, R. L. 2004. Medusas del sur del Golfo de México: estructura, asociaciones y su relación con el medio (otoño, 1999). M. Sc. Thesis, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Unidad Mérida, México.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Calder, D. R. and S. D. Cairns. 2009. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 381–394 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
|Segura-Puertas, L., L. Celis, and L. Chiaverano. 2009. Medusozoans (Cnidaria: Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 369–379 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-08-2024.

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