Clytia gracilis (Sars, 1850)

Laomedea gracilis Sars, 1851: 138 .

Clytia gracilis – Ramil & Vervoort 1992: 235–238, fig. 67a. — Cornelius 1995: 246–248, fig. 56.

Material examined

SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN • 1 colony, growing on Campanularia hincksii, without gonothecae; Vema Seamount, stn Dive 3; 71–935 m depth; 31 Jan. 2015; SEAFO-2015 leg.; SEAFO-2015-40132.

Distribution

Clytia gracilis is a circumglobal species in temperate and tropical waters, widely distributed in the East Atlantic, from England to South Africa (Gil 2017). Its bathymetric distribution ranges from 0 (Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa 2002) to 1443 m (Schuchert 2001a).