Periphylla periphylla (Péron & Lesueur, 1810), Peron & Lesueur, 1810

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 : 206

Periphylla periphylla (Péron & Lesueur, 1810)

Distribution in South America: medusa—Pacific Ocean, off Ecuador and Peru (Kramp 1968), Chile, from 30ºS to 43ºS (Fagetti 1973); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, off Bahia, Espírito Santo and São Paulo states (Morandini 2003; Silveira & Morandini 2011), Uruguay to Argentina, from 36ºS to 55ºS (Mianzan & Cornelius 1999).

Habitat: oceanic, meso-bathypelagic (Larson 1986; Mianzan & Cornelius 1999).