Sphaeronectes irregularis (Claus, 1873)

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 : 192

Sphaeronectes irregularis (Claus, 1873)

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Chile, from 23ºS to 43ºS, off Antofagasta, off Valparaíso, and along Chiloé interior sea (Palma 1984; Ulloa et al. 2000; Palma & Apablaza 2004; Apablaza & Palma 2006; Palma et al. 2011).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, found in tropical, subtropical, temperate and polar waters (Pugh 2009).