Clytia elsaeoswaldae Stechow, 1914

Synonyms in the area: Clytia elsae-oswaldae —Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1951a, 1951b [part] [polyp]; Clytia cylindrica —Vannucci 1949, 1950, 1951a, 1954, 1958, 1963 [part] [polyp]; Vannucci & Ribeiro 1955 [part] [polyp and medusa]; Vannucci 1957b, 1963; Moreira, 1978 [medusa]; Clytia hemisphaerica —Migotto 1996; Lindner & Migotto 1999 [polyp and medusa]; Menon et al. 2006 [polyp]; Clytia cf. gracilis sp.2—Lindner 2000 [polyp and medusa].

Remarks: taxonomy of the species recently revised by Lindner et al. (2011).

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, at Fernando de Noronha (no specific record), from 20.55°S to 25.20°S (Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1949, 1950, 1951a, 1951b, 1954, 1958, 1963; Vannucci & Ribeiro 1955; Migotto 1996; Lindner & Migotto 1999; Lindner 2000; Migotto et al. 2002; Menon et al. 2006, abstract; Lindner et al. 2011; Oliveira & Marques 2011; Silveira & Morandini, 2011); medusa—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, from 23.06ºS to 28ºS (Vannucci & Riveiro 1955; Vannucci 1957b, 1963; Moreira, 1978; Migotto 1996; Lindner & Migotto 1999; Lindner 2000; Migotto et al. 2002; Lindner et al. 2011; Silveira & Morandini, 2011).

Habitat: polyp—from intertidal zone to 57m depth, on algae, angiosperms, anthozoans, artificial substrates, barnacles, bryozoans, ceramic settling plates, hydroids, mussels, sponges (Vannucci 1949; Vannucci & Ribeiro 1955; Migotto 1996; Lindner 2000, Lindner et al. 2011; Oliveira & Marques 2011).

medusa—up to 58m depth (Vannucci 1957b).