Cnidaria
Clytia linearis
Size
Colony height: reaching 1.7cm (0.7").
Recognition Characters
Colonies sometimes stolonal but usually erect arising from a creeping hydrorhiza. Erect colonies sparingly and irregularly branched; hydrocaulus monsiphonic; each branch arising from a short curved apophysis given off below hydrotheca of pedicel. Pedicel is grooved or annulated at base and near hydrothecae. Hydrothecae cone-shaped with 12-15 well formed, blunt triangular teeth.
Color
Somewhat translucent to brown or tan
Habitat & Depth
Attach to a variety of substrates including pilings, rocks, ledges, and other seaweeds. Shallow intertidal, to deeper reefs.
Distribution at GRNMS
Occasional. More common in shallow water. Found attached to other seaweeds like Sargassum or rocks.
Geographic Range
Wide Circumtropical distribution. Eastern and Western Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans
Behavior & Notes
Gonophores form free medusae.
Synonyms
Clytia fragilis (Congdon, 1907)
Calder 1991