Velamen parallelum (Fol, 1869)

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 : 212

Velamen parallelum (Fol, 1869)

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Peru, at 10.2°S 78.9°W (IMARPE database 2009), Chile, at 23ºS off Antofagasta (Palma & Apablaza 2004); Atlantic Ocean, Venezuela to Brazil, from 10°N to 2°S (Harbison et al. 1978; Mianzan 1999; Oliveira et al. 2007; Nogueira Jr. et al. 2015b).

Habitat: epipelagic species (Mayer 1912; Harbison et al. 1978).