''Lytocarpia'' is a genus of
hydrozoans
Hydrozoa (hydrozoans; from Ancient Greek ('; "water") and ('; "animals")) is a taxonomic class of individually very small, predatory animals, some solitary and some colonial, most of which inhabit saline water. The colonies of the colonial spe ...
belonging to the family
Aglaopheniidae
Aglaopheniidae is a family (biology), family of hydrozoans.
Genera
According to the World Register of Marine Species, these genus, genera belong to this family:
* ''Aglaophenia'' Lamouroux, 1812
* ''Aglaophenopsis'' Fewkes, 1881
* ''Carpocladus' ...
.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Species
Species:
*''
Lytocarpia acuta''
*''
Lytocarpia alata''
*''
Lytocarpia angulosa''
References
Aglaopheniidae
Hydrozoan genera
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