Halopteris diaphana (Heller, 1868)

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 : 104-105

Halopteris diaphana (Heller, 1868)

Synonyms in the area: Antenella diaphana forme typica —Leloup 1935 [polyp]; Antenella diaphana forme siliquosa —Leloup 1935 [polyp]; Thecocaulus diaphanus —Vannucci Mendes 1946 [polyp]; Schizotricha diaphana —Vannucci 1949, 1950 [polyp]; Schizotricha billardi Vannucci 1951b, 1954 [polyp]; Halopteris constricta —Migotto 1996; Miranda et al. 2015 [part] [polyp].

Remarks: Galea (2013 p. 34) remarked that some materials listed herein, like that by Migotto (1996, in part, see below), “may belong” to Halopteris tenella (Verrill, 1874) . Close comparisons of both materials, including molecular analysis, are necessary to resolve this doubt.

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, at Aruba Island, at Curaçao Island, at Bonaire Island, Colombia, at Santa Marta coast, Brazil, at 3.81°S 32.42°W, at 9.84°S 35.88°W, from 20°S to 26.99°S, from 31.50°S to 32.50°S (Leloup 1935; Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1949, 1950, 1951a, 1951b, 1954; Wedler 1975; Bandel & Wedler 1987; Pires et al. 1992; Migotto 1996; Grohmann 1997, 2006; Grohmann et al. 1997, 2003; Nogueira et al. 1997; Rosso & Marques 1997; Schuchert 1997; Horta et al. 2001, abstract; Migotto et al. 2002; Oliveira 2003; Oliveira et al. 2006; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Shimabukuro 2007; Maronna et al. 2008, abstract; Amaral et al. 2009; Cunha & Jacobucci 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Marques et al. 2013; Miranda et al. 2015).

Habitat: polyp—on intertidal zone to 22m depth, on algae, bryozoans, Clavelina oblonga , rocks ( Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1950; Bandel & Wedler 1987; Pires et al. 1992; Migotto 1996; Schuchert 1997; Oliveira 2003; Oliveira et al. 2006; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2 0 11; Shimabukuro 2007; Cunha & Jacobucci 2010).