Geryonia proboscidalis (Forskål, 1775), Forskal, 1775

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 : 200

Geryonia proboscidalis (Forskål, 1775)

Synonyms in the area: Geryonia porboscidalis —Segura-Puertas 1984 [medusa].

Remarks: the distribution range provided by Ramírez & Zamponi (1981) is not based on specific records and, therefore, we did not consider that information for this species.

Distribution in South America: medusa—Pacific Ocean, Colombia to Chile, from 6.45°N to 1.57°N, from 3.5°S to 18.50°S, and at northwest of Galápagos Archipelago (Fagetti 1973 p. 43; Segura-Puertas 1984; Cely & Chiquillo 1993); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Uruguay, from 0° (Equator) to 3.8°S, from 29°S to 35°S (Vannucci 1951a, 1957a; Navas-Pereira 1974, 1981; Goy 1979; Correia 1983; Migotto et al. 2002).

Habitat: medusa—eurythermic and probably euryhaline species, present in tropical and subtropical waters (Correia 1983; Segura-Puertas 1984).