Clytia hemisphaerica   (Linnaeus, 1767)


Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed.
Clytia hemisphaerica  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
Upload your photos 
 Google image |

No photo available for this species.
No drawings available for Campanulariidae.

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Hydrozoa | Leptothecata | Campanulariidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Sessile; brackish; depth range 0 - 1135 m (Ref. 116013).  Polar

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Arctic, Atlantic, Caribbean and Pacific Oceans. Mostly polar, but also in subtropical, tropical, temperate and boreal climates.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Colonial (Ref. 19). This is an attached species (Ref. 3123). Known from mangroves (Ref. 86642, 86643), tidal inlets, sheltered areas of bays, exposed areas of bays, including any ledges at their entrance, sounds, caves and surface or near surface water layers, including porpitids and the halopelagic Sargassum sp. fauna (Ref. 813). Also found in Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, in patch reefs, mangrove islands, Thalassia sp. beds, sand trough, outer ridge and fore-reef slopes on algae, Thalassia sp. beds, mangrove roots, floating Sargassum sp., hydroids and substrates composed of dead corals and gorgonians at depths of 0.5 to 31 m. As with other hydroids, this species exhibits a pelagic medusoid stage (Ref. 87156).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Species exhibits both asexual and sexual reproduction by budding during hydroid stage and release of gametes in medusae stages (Ref. 1663, p. 23, 28). Period of reproductive maturity recorded for Carrie Bow Cay, Belize is 24th of June, during which the sample collected had gonophores or medusa buds (Ref. 87156).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Migotto, A.E., A.C. Marques, A.C. Morandini and F.L. da Silveira. 2002. (Ref. 813)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


| FishSource |

Tools

E-book | Field guide

More information

Countries
FAO areas
Ecosystems
Occurrences
Introductions
Stocks
Ecology
Diet
Food items
Common names
Synonyms
Predators
Reproduction
Maturity
Spawning
Fecundity
Eggs
Egg development
Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
References
Mass conversion
Collaborators
Pictures

Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7 - 16.9, mean 10.8 (based on 1668 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.