Lytocarpia

Lytocarpia
	Lytocarpia myriophyllum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hydrozoa
Order:	Leptothecata
Family:	Aglaopheniidae
Genus:	Lytocarpia; 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.

The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Lytocarpia:

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

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[GBIF-1] 1 2 "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.

Lytocarpia

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