Hebellopsis communis Calder, 1991

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 : 78

Hebellopsis communis Calder, 1991

Synonyms in the area:? Hebella scandens —Vannucci 1949, 1950, 1951b, 1954 [polyp] [non Hebella scandens (Bale, 1888) ]; Hebella communis —Grohmann 2006 [polyp].

Remarks: Calder (1991) described Hebellopsis communis , a new species of Hebellidae for Bermuda, epizoic on Thyroscyphus marginatus . Morphometrical data and drawings presented by Vannucci (1949, 1950, 1951b, 1954) for Hebella scandens are similar to Calder’s Hebellopsis communis . Indeed, Calder (1991:43) remarked that “Vannucci’s (1949) record of Hebella scandens from Brazil is believed here to have been based on material identical with Hebellopsis communis . Hydrothecae of her specimens closely resemble those of H. communis in size and in being deeply campanulate with slightly flaring margins”. Migotto et al. (2002) agreed that records of H. scandens by Vannucci are most likely H. communis . Galea (2013 p. 14) considered the identification “provisional, pending essential data on its cnidome.”

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, from 20°S to 25°S (Vannucci 1949, 1950, 1951b, 1954; Migotto et al. 2002; Grohmann et al. 2003; Grohmann 2006; Silveira & Morandini 2011).

Habitat: polyp—from 35 to 57m depth, on sertulariids and Thyroscyphus marginatus (Vannucci 1949, 1950, 1951b, 1954).