Abylopsis eschscholtzii (Huxley, 1859)

OLIVEIRA, OTTO M. P., MIRANDA, THAÍS P., ARAUJO, ENILMA M., AYÓN, PATRICIA, CEDEÑO-POSSO, CRISTINA M., CEPEDA-MERCADO, AMANCAY A., CÓRDOVA, PABLO, CUNHA, AMANDA F., GENZANO, GABRIEL N., HADDAD, MARIA ANGÉLICA, MIANZAN, HERMES W., MIGOTTO, ALVARO E., MIRANDA, LUCÍLIA S., MORANDINI, ANDRÉ C., NAGATA, RENATO M., NASCIMENTO, KARINE B., JÚNIOR, MIODELI NOGUEIRA, PALMA, SERGIO, QUIÑONES, JAVIER, RODRIGUEZ, CAROLINA S., SCARABINO, FABRIZIO, SCHIARITI, AGUSTÍN, STAMPAR, SÉRGIO N., TRONOLONE, VALQUÍRIA B. & MARQUES, ANTONIO C., 2016, Census of Cnidaria (Medusozoa) and Ctenophora from South American marine waters, Zootaxa 4194 (1), pp. 1-256 : 178

Abylopsis eschscholtzii (Huxley, 1859)

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Colombia, from 7ºN to 1ºN (Alvariño 1976; Cely & Chiquillo 1993), Peru, from 8ºS to 18ºS and off Callao (Bigelow 1911; IMARPE database), Chile, from 25ºS to 27ºS in Pascua Island and Caldeira (Palma 1999; Palma & Silva 2006); Atlantic Ocean, Venezuela, in Gulf of Cariaco (Legaré 1961; Alvariño 1971), Colombia, at 11ºN in Gaira Inlet (Domínguez 2002), off French Guiana (Leloup 1934, 1955); Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 48ºS (Moser 1925; Leloup 1932, 1934, 1937, 1955; Seguin 1965; Alvariño 1968, 1971, 1981; Abreu & Nogueira 1989; Cordeiro & Montú 1991; Nogueira & Oliveira 1991; Dias 1994; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Araujo 2006, 2012; Araujo et al. 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Bonecker et al. 2014; Nogueira Jr. et al. 2015b).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, epi- and mesopelagic, found in tropical, subtropical and temperate waters (Alvariño 1971; Pagès & Gili 1992; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014).