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Clytia sp. (hydromedusa)

Collected: Connecticut in summer.


Notes: Several species of Clytia occur along our coasts, but are not easily distinguished. The oblong tan structures located toward the right are gonads attached to the radial canals.



Collected by: Dennis Allen, University of South Carolina anb W. S. Johnson, Goucher College

Submitted by: W. S. Johnson
Goucher College


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