Phialella falklandica Browne, 1902

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 : 146

Phialella falklandica Browne, 1902

Synonyms in the area: Eucope falklandica – Mayer 1910 [medusa]; Phialella ? falklandica – Galea et al. 2014 p. 8 [polyp].

Distribution in South America: polyp–Pacific Ocean, Chile, at 43.77°S 73.03°W in Isla Tres Hermanas (Galea et al. 2014 p. 8); medusa–Pacific Ocean, Chile, off 42.38°S 72.42°W in fjord Comau (Galea 2007 p. 39); Atlantic Ocean, Argentina, at 68.14°S 67.10°W, Strait of Magellan in San Martin Base, at 60.74°S 44.74°W in Islas Orcadas del Sur, at Malvinas (Falkland) Islands (Browne 1902; Mayer 1910; Vanhöffen 1912; Browne & Kramp 1939; Kramp 1957; Vannucci & Tundisi 1962; Genzano et al. 2008a).

Habitat: polyp– 19.1m deep, on Symplectoscyphus filiformis (Allman, 1888) (Galea et al. 2014 p. 8).