Census of Cnidaria (Medusozoa) and Ctenophora from South American marine waters 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. Zootaxa 2016 2016-11-18 4194 1 1 256 45VFV Kolliker, 1853 Kolliker 1853 [151,550,1722,1747] Scyphozoa Nausithoidae Nausithoe Animalia Coronatae 204 205 Cnidaria species punctata  Remarks: this worldwide distributed species is probably a species complex. Detailed studies on morphology, life cycle and genetics will provide further evidence to distinguish forms in this species complex. The life cycle is known for colonial specimens growing on sponges from the Mediterranean (Werner 1973). A recent description of the medusa stage is provided by Jarms (2002). Distribution in SouthAmerica: medusa—Pacific Ocean, off Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru(Segura-Puertas 1984), Chile, from 19.6ºSto 37ºS (Kramp 1966; Fagetti 1973); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, at 3.9°S 33.6°Wnear Atol das Rocas, at 11.8°S 37.3°Woff Bahia, from 23°S to 26.7°S(Goy 1979; Neumann-Leitão et al. 2008; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Nogueira Jr. et al.2014, 2015b). Habitat: epipelagic, neritic and oceanic (Kramp 1966; Goy 1979).