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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Cnidaria (phylum) » Hydrozoa (class) » Leptothecata (order) » Campanulariidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 11 044028 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Clytia gigantea (Hincks, 1866) |
CAAB category: | 11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies | |
Family: | Campanulariidae (hydroids) - show full list | |
Common Name: | [a hydroid] | |
Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
![]() Species not on current Australian list, but occuring in adjacent region: Commercial species list: ![]() Standard Fish Names List: ![]() | |
Regions: |
New Zealand (inc. subantarctic territories) Tropical Indo-West Pacific | |
Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
Parent Codes: |
11 044902
Clytia spp. | |
Organism Type: | a hydroid |
Taxon Notes: | This species has previously been confused with Clytia hemisphaerica. | ||||
Identifiers: |
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Record source and Scientific Name verified against: | Vervoort, W. Watson, J.E., 2003. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Leptothecata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) (thecate hydroids)., NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, Vol. 119: 1-538. |