Incorrect spelling of specific epithet, Van Beneden refers the species to Müller (1776: 233), however the name was ... [details]
original name was Clytia (Orthopyxis) poterium L. Agassiz, 1862 [details]
According to Cornelius (1982) a synonym of Clytia hemisphaerica [details]
Type species designation by Forbes (1848: 41) [details]
Synonymy of this nominal species is unclear, Cornelius (1982) regarded it as conspecifric with Clytia hemisphaerica. [details]