Sertularella areyi Nutting, 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 : 115

Sertularella areyi Nutting, 1904

Synonyms in the area:? Sertularella areyi —Vannucci 1949, 1951a [polyp].

Remarks: Vannucci (1949:244) studied a fragmented colony and gave no mesaurements in her description. However, the morphological description provided by Vannucci is quite complete and similar to the original description. The same author subsequently considered the record of the species undoubtful (Vannucci 1951a).

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, at 20.55°S 40.24°W, from 23°S to 23.13°S, from 27.13°S to 27.99°S (Vannucci 1949, 1951a; Migotto et al. 2002; Miranda et al. 2015).

Habitat: polyp—at 35m depth (Vannucci 1949).