Lytocarpia

Lytocarpia
Lytocarpia myriophyllum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Leptothecata
Family: Aglaopheniidae
Genus:
Kirchenpauer, 1872
Synonyms
  • Acanthocladium Allman, 1883
  • Aglaophenia (Lytocarpia) Kirchenpauer, 1872
  • Thecocarpus Nutting, 1900
  • Theocarpus Nutting, 1900

Lytocarpia is a genus of hydrozoans belonging to the family Aglaopheniidae.[1]

The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Lytocarpia:[2]

  • Lytocarpia acuta Stechow, 1923
  • Lytocarpia alata Vervoort & Watson, 2003
  • Lytocarpia angulosa (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Lytocarpia annandalei (Ritchei, 1910)
  • Lytocarpia armata (Bale, 1914)
  • Lytocarpia bathyalis Ryland & Gibbons, 1991
  • Lytocarpia benedicti (Nutting, 1900)
  • Lytocarpia bispinosa (Allman, 1877)
  • Lytocarpia brevirostris (Busk, 1852)
  • Lytocarpia calycifera (Bale, 1914)
  • Lytocarpia canepa (Blanco & Bellusci de Miralles, 1971)
  • Lytocarpia chiltoni (Bale, 1924)
  • Lytocarpia delicatula (Busk, 1852)
  • Lytocarpia distans (Allman, 1877)
  • Lytocarpia epizoica Vervoort & Watson, 2003
  • Lytocarpia flexuosa (Lamouroux, 1816)
  • Lytocarpia formosa (Busk, 1851)
  • Lytocarpia fragilis Galea, 2020
  • Lytocarpia furcata (Vervoort, 1941)
  • Lytocarpia howensis (Briggs, 1918)
  • Lytocarpia incisa (Coughtrey, 1875)
  • Lytocarpia lepida Watson & Vervoort, 2001
  • Lytocarpia megalocarpa (Bale, 1914)
  • Lytocarpia myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lytocarpia nicpenny Ryland & Gibbons, 1991
  • Lytocarpia nigra (Nutting, 1906)
  • Lytocarpia normani (Nutting, 1900)
  • Lytocarpia orientalis (Billard, 1908)
  • Lytocarpia parvispiralis Watson, 2019
  • Lytocarpia perarmata (Billard, 1913)
  • Lytocarpia phyteuma (Stechow, 1919)
  • Lytocarpia pilosa Galea, 2020
  • Lytocarpia pseudoctenata Galea, 2020
  • Lytocarpia rigida Vervoort & Watson, 2003
  • Lytocarpia similis Vervoort & Watson, 2003
  • Lytocarpia spiralis (Totton, 1930)
  • Lytocarpia striata Vervoort & Watson, 2003
  • Lytocarpia subdichotoma (Ralph, 1961)
  • Lytocarpia subtilis Galea, 2020
  • Lytocarpia tenuissima (Bale, 1914)
  • Lytocarpia tridentata (Versluys, 1899)
  • Lytocarpia vitiensis Ryland & Gibbons, 1991
  • Lytocarpia vulgaris Vervoort & Watson, 2003

References

  1. ^ a b "Lytocarpia Kirchenpauer, 1872". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  2. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Lytocarpia Kirchenpauer, 1872". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-06-30.