Orthopyxis sargassicola (Nutting, 1915)

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 : 159

Orthopyxis sargassicola (Nutting, 1915)

Synonyms in the area:? Campanularia lennoxensis —Stechow 1914, 1919 [polyp]; Campanularia sargassicola —Leloup 1935 [polyp]; Orthopyxis lennoxensis —Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1951a, 1951b [non Campanularia lennoxensis Jäderholm, 1903 ] [polyp];? Orthopyxis billardi Vannucci, 1954 [polyp]; Orthopyxis crenata —Vannucci 1954; Haddad, 1992 [polyp].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, at Aruba, at Curaçao, at Bonaire, Brazil, at 9.80°S 35.80°W, from 20.20°S to 21.70°S, from 23°S to 28.77°S, at 35°S 53.10°W (Stechow 1914, 1919; Leloup 1935; Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1951a, 1951b, 1954; Haddad, 1992; Migotto 1996; Grohmann 1997, 2006; Grohmann et al. 1997, 2003, 2008, abstract; Nogueira et al. 1997; Rosso & Marques 1997; Haddad & Chiaverini 2000, abstract; Haddad et al. 2000, abstract; Migotto et al. 2002; Oliveira 2003; Bornancin et al. 2006, abstract; Menon et al. 2006, abstract; Miranda & Marques 2006, abstract; Oliveira et al. 2006; Bornancin 2008; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Shimabukuro 2007; Maronna et al. 2008, abstract; Cunha & Jacobucci 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Miranda et al. 2011, 2015; Cunha et al. 2015).

Habitat: polyp—from intertidal zone to 2m depth, on algae, barnacles, mussels (Leloup 1935; Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1951b; Migotto 1996; Haddad & Chiaverini 2000; Haddad et al. 2000, abstract; Oliveira 2003; Menon et al. 2006; Oliveira et al. 2006; Bornancin 2008; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Shimabukuro 2007; Cunha & Jacobucci 2010; Miranda et al. 2011).