Census of Cnidaria (Medusozoa) and Ctenophora from South American marine waters 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. Zootaxa 2016 2016-11-18 4194 1 1 256 3RVLR Allman, 1877 Allman 1877 [151,527,1015,1040] Hydrozoa Lafoeidae Lafoea Animalia Leptothecata 83 84 Cnidaria species coalescens  Distribution in SouthAmerica: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, at 22.38°S 37.58°W(  Miranda et al. 2015).    Lafoea dumosa(Fleming, 1820)[Fig. 2.I] Synonyms in the area:  Lafoea fruticosa—Allman 1888 p. 34–35; Jäderholm 1905; Totton 1930; Naumov & Stepanjants 1962; Vervoort 1972; Stepanjants 1979; Blanco 1984; Blanco et al.1994; Genzano & Zamponi 1997, 2003; Seo 2003; Genzano et al.2009a [polyp];  Lafoea gracillimaJäderholm, 1903p. 273–274, 1905, 1920 p. 3; Härtlaub 1904, 1905 p. 594; Clarke 1907; Ritchie 1907a; Blanco 1967a; Leloup 1974 p. 10 [polyp];  Lafoea intermediaFraser, 1938a, 1938b; Calder et al.2003 [polyp]. Remarks: according to El Beshbeeshy (1991) and Peña Cantero et al.(2004), records of  Lafoea fruticosacorrespond to  L. dumosa(Fleming 1820). Distribution in SouthAmerica: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, from 1.4°Nto 1.5°Sin GalápagosArchipelago, Chile, from 41.84°Sto 54.97°S(Allman 1888 p. 34–35; Jäderholm 1903 p. 273–274, 1920 p. 3; Clarke 1907; Fraser 1938a, 1938b; Leloup 1974 p. 10; Calder et al.2003; Galea 2007 p. 49–50; Galea et al.2009a p. 336; Galea & Schories 2012a p. 24); Atlantic Ocean, Brazilto Argentina, at 22.10°S40°W, from 36°S to 56°S (Hartlaub 1904, 1905; Jäderholm 1905; Ritchie 1907a; Totton 1930; Naumov & Stepanjants 1962; Blanco 1967a, 1994a; Vervoort 1972; Stepanjants 1979; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Blanco et al.1994; Genzano & Zamponi 1997, 2003; Grohmann et al.2003; Seo 2003; Genzano et al.2009a). Habitat: from 10 to 2078mdepth, on  Eurypodius latreilli, hydroids, gorgonians, hexacorallians and bivalve shells (Hartlaub 1904; Jäderholm 1905; Clarke 1907; Ritchie 1907a; Totton 1930; Fraser 1938a, 1938b; Naumov & Stepanjants 1962; Blanco 1967a; Vervoort 1972; Stepanjants 1979; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Blanco 1994a; Blanco et al.1994; Calder et al.2003; Galea 2007 p. 49–50; Galea et al. 2009a p. 336).