Hybocodon chilensis Hartlaub, 1905

Synonyms in the area:? Hybocodon prolifer —Zamponi 1983a, 1984; Zamponi & Suarez 1991 [medusa]; Hybocodon prolifer —Genzano et al. 2008a [medusa] [non Hybocodon prolifer L. Agassiz, 1860]; Hybocodon unicus —Genzano et al. 2008a [medusa] [non Hybocodon chilensis Hartlaub, 1905].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, Argentina, at Río Grande, 53.41°S 67.50°W (Rodriguez et al. 2012); Pacific Ocean, Chile, at 29.18°S 71.50°W, and from 41.67°S to 53.78°S (Hartlaub 1905 p. 545-546; Galea 2006 p. 58-59, 2007 p. 33; Galea et al. 2009a p. 317; Galea & Schories 2012a p. 22-24);

medusa—Atlantic Ocean, Argentina, from 38°S to ca. 44°S (Zamponi 1983a, 1984; Zamponi & Suarez 1991; Genzano et al. 2008a; Rodriguez et al. 2012; Guerrero et al. 2013); Pacific Ocean, Chile, from 41.5°S to 54.861°S (Galea 2007 p. 33; Bravo et al. 2011; Palma et al. 2014a).

Habitat: polyp—from intertidal zone to 32m depth, on hard bottom, polychaete tubes, dead gorgonians and bivalve shells (Galea 2007 p. 33; Rodriguez et al. 2012).