Clytia noliformis (McCrady, 1859)

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 : 165

Clytia noliformis (McCrady, 1859)

Synonyms in the area: Campanularia ptychocyathus Allman, 1888 ; Nutting 1915; Vannucci 1951a [polyp]; Campanularia noliformis —Leloup 1935 [polyp]; Clytia folleata —Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1951a [non Epenthesis folleata McCrady, 1859 ] [polyp]; Phyalidium folleatum —Correia 1983 [medusa]; Phyalidium noliforme —Correia 1983 [medusa].

Remarks: Vannucci (1951a) reported several species that are presently considered to belong to Clytia noliformis .

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, at 1.60ºS 80.86ºW in Isla Salango, Chile, at 42.78°S 73.20°W in Corcovado Gulf (Fraser 1948; Leloup 1974 p. 16); Atlantic Ocean, at Curaçao, at Klein Bonaire and Bonaire, Venezuela, at Isla Coche, Brazil, at 9.77°S 35.84°W, from 11.50°S to 18.25°S, at 21°S 40.18°W, at 22.38°S 41.75°W, from 23.50°S to 26.78°S, Argentina (no specific record) and at Malvinas (Falkland) Islands (Allman 1888; Nutting 1915; Jäderholm 1917; Leloup 1935; Vannucci Mendes 1946; Fraser 1947; Vannucci 1951a; Genzano & Zamponi 1997; Lindner & Migotto 1998, 2001, 2002; Migotto et al. 2002; Grohmann et al. 2003, 2008, abstract; Oliveira 2003; Oliveira et al. 2006; Bornancin 2008; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Shimabukuro 2007; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Miranda et al. 2015);

medusa—Atlantic Ocean , Brazil, from 11.50°S to 18.25°S ; at 23.85°S 45.42°W, at 23.92°S 46.34°W, from 26.50°S to 28.25°S (Correia 1983; Lindner & Migotto 2002; Migotto et al. 2002).

Habitat: polyp—up to 40m depth, on algae, ascidians, mussels, Amphisbetia operculata , Sertularia marginata , sponges and wood (Leloup 1935; Vannucci Mendes 1946; Fraser 1947, 1948; Leloup 1974 p. 16; Lindner & Migotto 1998, 2002; Oliveira 2003; Oliveira et al. 2006; Bornancin 2008; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Shimabukuro 2007);

medusa—eurythermic and euryhaline species (Correia 1983).