Proboscidactyla ornata (McCrady, 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 : 72

Proboscidactyla ornata (McCrady, 1859)

Remarks: the distribution range provided by Ramírez & Zamponi (1981) is not based on specific records and, therefore, we did not consider that information for this species.

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, from 22.50°S to 23.50°S, from 29.50°S to 33.50°S (Migotto et al. 2002);

medusa—Pacific Ocean, Colombia to Chile, from 1.50°N to 3.50°S, from 37°S to 55.136°S (Kramp 1952, 1966; Fagetti 1973 p. 51; Segura-Puertas 1984; Palma et al. 2007a p. 70, 2007b p. 73–80, 2014a; Villenas et al. 2009; Bravo et al. 2011); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Uruguay, from 16°S to 35°S (Thiel 1938a; Vannucci 1951a, 1957b, 1963; Moreira 1973, 1978; Goy 1979; Navas-Pereira 1974, 1981; Correia 1983; Tronolone 2001, 2008; Migotto et al. 2002; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Nogueira Jr. 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014; Nagata et al. 2014a, 2014b; Nogueira Jr. et al. 2015a).

Habitat: medusa—eurythermic and euryhaline species, up to 82m depth (Vannucci 1957, 1963; Correia 1983; Bonecker et al. 2014).