On a collection of shallow-water hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Guadeloupe and Les Saintes, French Lesser Antilles Author Galea, Horia R. text Zootaxa 2008 1878 1 54 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.184149 086e0d63-8af0-4ad1-8884-03fa56b5ea98 1175-5326 184149 Clytia gracilis ( M. Sars, 1850 ) (fig. 3 O –P) Laomedea gracilis M. Sars, 1850 : 138 . Clytia gracilis — Calder, 1991d : 54 , fig. 31.— Ramil & Vervoort, 1992 : 235 , fig. 67A.— Cornelius, 1995b : 246 , fig. 56.— Migotto, 1996 : 81 , fig. 15C.— Schuchert, 2001a : 151 , fig. 131.— Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa, 2002 : 145 , fig. 28A–B.— Schuchert, 2003 : 164 , fig. 23. Material examined . Stn. 1 : 21.03.2008 —one small, sterile colony, ca . 2 mm high, on Thalassia testudinum . Stn. 3 : 26.01.2008 —several hydrothecae, but no gonothecae, on algae; 01.04.2008 —numerous sterile colonies, up to 2.5 mm high, on algae and concretions. Stn. 6 : 28.03.2008 —one sterile colony, on T. testudinum . Stn. 7 : 25.03.2008 —several colonies, up to 1.5 mm high, some fertile, on Halimeda sp.; 27.03.2008 —numerous colonies, 1 mm high, some fertile, on Halimeda sp. Type locality . Lofoten Islands, Norway . Remarks . For a description of this species, see Cornelius (1995b) . Its synonymy is extensively discussed in Calder (1991d) . Distribution . Circumglobal, penetrating in subpolar seas ( Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa, 2002 ). For a detailed list of world records, see Medel & Vervoort (2000) . The Caribbean records are summarized by Calder & Kirkendale (2005) .