Aglaophenia acacia Allman, 1883

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 : 97

Aglaophenia acacia Allman, 1883

Synonyms in the area: Aglaophenia acacia elegans —Milstein 1976; Scarabino 2006 [polyp].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, Uruguay to Argentina, from 34°S to 42.8°S (Blanco 1967a, 1994a, 1994b; Vervoort 1972; Milstein 1976; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Genzano & Zamponi 1997, 2003; Scarabino 2006; Genzano et al. 2002, 2009a, 2011; Miranda et al. 2015).

Habitat: polyp—from 29 to 217m depth (Blanco 1967a, 1994a, 1994b; Vervoort 1972; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Genzano et al. 2002, 2009a). Colonies usually found associated with mussel beds (Genzano et al. 2009a).