Mitrocomella frigida (Browne, 1910)

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

Mitrocomella frigida (Browne, 1910)

Synonyms in the area: Cosmetira frigida Browne, 1910 ; Vanhöffen 1912 [medusa].

Remarks: the records of the species for Uruguay and Argentina (Ramírez & Zamponi 1980; Zamponi 1983a, 1985; Zamponi & Suarez 1991; Zamponi & Genzano 1994) are doubtful and have to be confirmed.

Distribution in South America: medusa—Pacific Ocean, Chile, from 53°S to 55.84°S in interior waters (Pagès & Orejas 1999); Atlantic Ocean, Argentina, from 40°S to 42.25°S, from 53°S to 53.42°S, at Strait of Magellan, at Antarctic sea (Browne 1910; Vanhöffen 1912; Kramp 1957, 1959a; Genzano et al. 2008a; Guerrero et al. 2013).

Habitat: medusa –in antarctic and subantarctic waters (Kramp 1959a).