Clytia linearis (Thornely, 1900)

Synonyms in the area: Clytia acutidentata Fraser, 1938a; Calder et al. 2003, 2009 [polyp]; Clytia carinadentata —Fraser 1938a; Calder et al. 2003, 2009 [polyp]; Gonothyraea serialis Fraser, 1938a, 1938b, 1948 [polyp]; Laomedea (Phialidium) tottoni —Vervoort 1968 [polyp]; Laomedea tottoni —Wedler 1973, 1975; Leloup 1974 p. 21–22 [polyp]; Laomedea (Obelia) tottoni —Mergner 1977, 1987 [polyp]; Clytia cf. linearis —Galea et al. 2009b p. 2, 4 [polyp].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Colombia, at 5.99°N 77.36°W in Port Utria, at 6.78°N 77.60°W in Octavia Bay, Ecuador, from 1.7°N to 1.5°S in Galápagos Archipelago, at 2.18°S 80.90°W in La Libertad (Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1948; Calder et al. 2003, 2009); Chile, from 41.73°S to 52.15°S (Leloup 1974 p. 21-22; Galea 2007 p. 88-89; Galea et al. 2007a p. 161, 2007b p. 312, 2009a p. 320, 2009b p. 2, 4); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, from Cartagena to Santa Marta coast, Brazil, at 3.54°S 38.8°W, from 11.25°S to 13.20°S, from 18.50°S to 26.80°S (Vervoort 1968; Wedler 1973, 1975; Mergner 1977, 1987; Migotto 1996; Grohmann 1997, 2006; Grohmann et al. 1997, 2003, 2008, abstract; Nogueira et al. 1997; Rosso & Marques 1997; Lindner 2000; Migotto et al. 2001, 2002; Lindner & Migotto 2002; Kelmo & Attrill 2003; Oliveira 2003; Menon et al. 2006, abstract; Oliveira et al. 2006; Shimabukuro & Marques 2006a, abstract; Bornancin 2008; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Shimabukuro 2007; Cangussu et al. 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Fernandez et al. 2014, 2015; Miranda et al. 2015);

medusa—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, at 23.799°S 45.383°W (Lindner 2000; Lindner & Migotto 2002; Migotto et al. 2002).

Habitat: polyp—from intertidal zone to 57m depth, on algae, ascidians, barnacles, brachiopods, bryozoans, ceramic test-panels and fouling, corals, crab carapaces, mussels, dead gorgonians, gastropods, hydroids (e.g., Bougainvillia muscus, Halecium delicatulum, Hybocodon chilensis, Lafoea dumosa, Plumularia setacea, Sertularella fuegonensis, S. polyzonias, Symplectoscyphus sp.), polychaete tubes, rocks, sand, shells, sponges, wood (Fraser 1938a, 1938b; Vannucci 1949; Wedler 1973, 1975; Migotto 1996; Lindner 2000; Migotto et al. 2001; Lindner & Migotto 2002; Calder et al. 2003; Kelmo & Attrill 2003; Oliveira 2003; Oliveira et al. 2006; Shimabukuro & Marques 2006a; Bornancin 2008; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Shimabukuro 2007; Galea et al. 2009a p. 320; Fernandez et al. 2014, 2015).