Cladocoryne floccosa Rotch, 1871

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 : 38

Cladocoryne floccosa Rotch, 1871

Synonyms in the area: Cladyocoryne pelagica —Fraser 1938a, 1948 [polyp].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, at 0.04°S 91.55°W in Isla Isabela, at 2.19°S 80.90°W in Santa Elena Bay (Fraser 1938a, 1948; Calder et al. 2003); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, at 3.54°S 38.8°W, from 8.50°S to 27.14°S (Migotto 1996; Grohmann 1997, 2006; Grohmann et al. 1997, 2003; Calder & Maÿal 1998; Migotto et al. 2002; Oliveira 2003; Oliveira et al. 2006; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Shimabukuro 2007; Maronna et al. 2008, abstract; Cunha & Jacobucci 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Miranda et al. 2011, 2015; Fernandez et al., 2015).

Habitat: polyp—on marine rocky shores and estuarine region, from intertidal zone to 22m depth, on algae, fouling, other hydroids, decapod, sea urchin, sandstone reef ( Fraser 1938a; Migotto 1996; Calder & Maÿal 1998; Calder et al. 2003; Oliveira 2003; Oliveira et al. 2006; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Shimabukuro 2007; Cunha & Jacobucci 2010; Fernandez et al., 2015).