Aequorea forskalea Péron & Lesueur, 1809

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 : 147

Aequorea forskalea Péron & Lesueur, 1809

Synonyms in the area: Aequorea aequorea —Kramp 1957; Navas-Pereira 1974; Goy 1979 [medusa].

Remarks: The specimens examined by Nascimento (2010) resemble A. forskalea , although they are not in good condition, preventing a conclusive identification.

Distribution in South America: medusa—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, at 8.42°S 34.80°W, at 11.25°S 37.10°W, from 22.7°S to 26.75°S, from 29°S to 35°S, from 37°S to 52°S (Kramp 1957; Goy 1979; Navas-Pereira 1974, 1981; Migotto et al. 2002; Nogueira Jr. 2006; Genzano et al. 2008a; Nascimento 2010; Nagata et al. 2014a; Nogueira Jr. et al. 2014).

Habitat: medusa—eurythermic species, from 20 to 125m depth (Kramp 1957; Navas-Pereira 1974; Nascimento 2010).