Bougainvillia rugosa Clarke, 1882

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 : 53

Bougainvillia rugosa Clarke, 1882

Synonyms in the area: Bougainvillia ? rugosa —Nogueira et al. 1997 [polyp].

Remarks: Nogueira et al. (1997) recorded the polyp as doubtful for Angra dos Reis (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, from 23°S to 26.77°S (Migotto 1996; Nogueira et al. 1997; Migotto et al. 2002; Silveira & Morandini 2011, Miranda et al. 2015); medusa—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, at 23.83°S 45.42°W (Migotto 1996; Migotto et al. 2002; Silveira & Morandini 2011).

Habitat: polyp—up to 2m depth, on ceramic test-panels (Migotto 1996).