Nausithoe rubra Vanhöffen, 1902

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

Nausithoe rubra Vanhöffen, 1902

Remarks: Nausithoe rubra is considered by some authors (Bigelow 1928; Kramp 1961) as conspecific with Nausithoe atlantica . Because there is no conclusive revision on the group, we decided to maintain both species. Distribution in South America: medusa—Pacific Ocean, Peru Current (N. Chirichigno unpublished data), Chile, from 41.5°S to 43.65°S in Chiloé interior sea (Palma et al. 2011).

Habitat: mesopelagic and bathypelagic, oceanic (Bigelow 1928; Kramp 1961).