Sphaeronectes fragilis Carré, 1967

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 fragilis Carré, 1967

Remarks: the record from Argentinean coast needs confirmation, as only a single, not well preserved, nectophore was found in this area.

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Chile, from 23ºS to 43ºS, and in the fjords and channels of southern Chile (Palma & Rosales 1995, 1997; Ulloa et al. 2000; Palma & Aravena 2001; Palma & Apablaza 2004; Apablaza & Palma 2006; Palma et al. 2007b, 2011; Villenas et al. 2009; Pavez et al. 2010); Atlantic Ocean, Argentina, at 43ºS (Araujo 2012).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, found in tropical, subtropical, temperate waters (Pugh 2009; Araujo 2012).