Lensia hotspur Totton, 1941

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 : 185

Lensia hotspur Totton, 1941

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Peru, from 10°S to 16°S (IMARPE Database), Chile, at 23ºS off Antofagasta (Palma & Apablaza 2004; Apablaza & Palma 2006), at 33ºS off Valparaíso (Palma 1973, 1977, 1994; Ulloa et al. 2000; Apablaza & Palma 2006; Palma & Silva 2006); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 43ºS (Totton 1941; Alvariño 1971; Cordeiro & Montú 1991; 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. Epipelagic, found in tropical and subtropical waters (Alvariño 1971; Pagès et al. 1991; Pagès & Gili 1992; Pugh 1999; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014).