Melophysa melo (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827)

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 : 174

Melophysa melo (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827)

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Peru, Coastal Humboldt Current (Totton 1965); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, from 0º to 10ºS, northeastern Fernando de Noronha Island and northwestern São Pedro e São Paulo Archipelago (Totton 1954; Alvariño 1971; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002).

Habitat: oceanic species, found in tropical waters (Alvariño 1981).