Clytia gracilis (M. Sars, 1850)

(fig. 5 E)

Laomedea gracilis M. Sars, 1850: 138.

Clytia gracilis – Calder, 1991: 54, fig. 31. – Cornelius, 1995b: 246, fig. 56.

Material examined. Stn. T10, 15.ii.2005: a few sterile stems, epizoic on Halecium cf. beanii (Johnston, 1838). Stn. T17, 06.iii.2005: a sterile colony on unidentified substrate. Stn. T18, 06.iii.2005: a few sterile stems, epizoic on Halecium ? delicatulum (Coughtrey, 1876) morphotype 2.

Distribution. Circumglobal, reaching sub-Arctic and sub-Antarctic waters (Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa 2002). This is the first record of this species for Tristan da Cunha.