Phialella belgicae (Hartlaub, 1904)

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 : 145-146

Phialella belgicae (Hartlaub, 1904)

Synonyms in the area: Opercularella belgicae —Leloup 1974 p. 4; Genzano 1995; Galea 2007 p. 36–37; Genzano & Zamponi 1997, 2003; Galea et al. 2009a p. 327; Genzano et al. 2009a [polyp].

Remarks: the species was shown by Peña Cantero et al. (2013) to produce medusae of the Phialella type.

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Chile, from 22°S to 54°S (Leloup 1974 p. 4; Galea 2007 p. 36–37; Galea et al. 2009a p. 327); Atlantic Ocean, Argentina, at 34.6°S 53.98°W, from 38°S to 40° S (Genzano 1995; Genzano & Zamponi 1997, 2003; Genzano et al. 2009a; Miranda et al. 2015).

Habitat: polyp—from intertidal zone to 32m depth, on bryozoans and polychaete tubes (Genzano 1995; Galea 2007 p. 36–37; Galea et al. 2009a p. 327; Genzano et al. 2009a).