Lensia meteori (Leloup, 1934)

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 meteori (Leloup, 1934)

Synonyms in the area: Galetta meteori Leloup, 1934 .

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Chile, at 33ºS off Valparaíso (Palma & Rosales 1995; Ulloa et al. 2000), from 47°S to 53ºS in the Patagonian interior waters (Palma et al. 1999, 2014a); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 39ºS (Leloup 1934; Seguin 1965; Alvariño 1971, 1981; Nogueira & Oliveira 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; Nishiyama et al. 2016).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, epi- to mesopelagic, found in tropical, subtropical and temperate waters (Alvariño 1971; Pugh 1974, 1999; Pagès & Gili 1992; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014; Nishiyama 2016; Nishiyama et al. 2016).