Aglaophenia rhynchocarpa Allman, 1877

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 : 99

Aglaophenia rhynchocarpa Allman, 1877

Synonyms in the area: Aglaophenia cylindrata Versluys, 1899 [polyp]; Aglaophenia rathbuni Nutting, 1900 ; Vervoort 1946 [polyp].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, Venezuela, at Los Testigos Island, Brazil, at 0.91°N 29.37°W, at 9.84°S 35.88°W, from 11.50°S to 19°S, at 22°S off Rio de Janeiro State and at 26.76°S 46.78°W (Versluys 1899; Nutting 1900; Vervoort 1946; Amaral et al. 2002b, 2010a; Migotto et al. 2002; Grohmann et al. 2003; Maronna et al. 2008, abstract; Grohmann et al. 2011; Miranda et al. 2015).

Habitat: polyp—from 2 to 50m, on algae and sponge (Versluys 1899; Amaral et al. 2002b, 2010a).