Lensia multicristata (Moser, 1925)

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 : 186

Lensia multicristata (Moser, 1925)

Synonyms in the area: Lensia multicristata forme typica Leloup (1934).

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Colombia, from 5°N to 3.1°N (Alvariño 1976), Chile, at 33ºS off Valparaíso (Ulloa et al. 2000; Palma & Silva 2006), at 36ºS off Concepción (R. Giesecke pers. comm.); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, from 10.4°N to 10.2°N in Cartagena Bay (Moncaleano & Niño 1976), off French Guiana (Leloup 1934; Leloupi & Hentschel 1935), Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 57ºS (Leloup & Hentschel 1935; Totton 1954; Alvariño 1968, 1971, 1981; Cordeiro & Montú 1991; Dias 1994; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Araujo 2006, 2012; Araujo et al. 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Bonecker et al. 2014; Nishiyama 2016).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, epipelagic, found in tropical, subtropical and temperate waters (Alvariño 1971; Pagès & Gili 1992; Pugh 1999; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014).