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).