Halecium beanii (Johnston, 1838)

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 : 90

Halecium beanii (Johnston, 1838)

Synonyms in the area: Thoa edwardsiana d'Orbigny, 1839 [polyp]; Halecium edwardisianum Hartlaub, 1905 p. 604–605 [polyp]; Halecium beani —Jäderholm 1910 p. 2 [polyp]; Halecium beani —Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1939, 1948; Leloup 1974 p. 10; Calder et al. 2003 [polyp].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, at 0.56°N 80.01°W in San Francisco Bay, from 0.1°S to 1.5°S in Galápagos Archipelago, at 2.19°S 80.90°W in Santa Elena Bay, Chile, at 29.22°S 71.55°W, from 39°S to 43.88°S, and from 53°S to 54°S (Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1939, 1948; Jäderholm 1910; Calder et al. 2003; Galea 2007 p. 52–53; Galea et al. 2009a p. 329; Galea & Schories 2 0 12a p. 22–24); Atlantic Ocean, Uruguay to Argentina, from 34°S to 55°S (d’Orbigny 1838; Hartlaub 1905; Blanco 1968, 1976a, 1994a; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Genzano et al. 1991, 2002, 2009a, 2011; Genzano 1994, 1998; Genzano & Zamponi 1997, 2003; Genzano & Rodriguez 1998; Meretta & Genzano 2015; Miranda et al. 2015).

Habitat: polyp –from intertidal zone to 225m depth, common on pebbles and many living organisms such as algae, bryozoans, hydroids, mussels, pieces of wood, polychaete tubes, shells, sponges, tunicates (Jäderholm 1910 p. 2; Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1948; Leloup 1974 p. 10; Blanco 1976a, 1994a; Genzano & Rodriguez 1998; Genzano et al. 2002, 2009a; Calder et al. 2003; Genzano & Zamponi 2003; Galea 2007 p. 52–53; Galea et al. 2009a p. 329; Meretta & Genzano 2015).