Linuche unguiculata (Swartz, 1788)

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 : 205

Linuche unguiculata (Swartz, 1788)

Remarks: the medusae are common in Caribbean waters (Larson 1992). They probably occur at the Caribbean coasts of Colombia and Venezuela.

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, from 20°S to 27°S (Silveira & Morandini 1998; Morandini et al. 2005a; Silveira & Morandini 2011).

Habitat: polyp—coastal, on coral debris;

medusa—coastal shallow waters (Silveira & Morandini 1998; Morandini et al. 2005a).