Monotheca margaretta Nutting, 1900

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 : 109

Monotheca margaretta Nutting, 1900

Synonyms in the area: Plumularia margaretta —Leloup 1935; Fraser 1938a, 1938b; Van Gemerden-Hoogeveen 1965 [polyp]; Monotheca margaretta f. typica Vannucci Mendes, 1946; Vannucci 1949, 1950, 1951a; 1951b [polyp]; Monotheca margaretta f. curta Vannucci Mendes, 1946 ; Vannucci 1951a [polyp]; Monotheca margareta —Wedler 1975 [incorrect subsequent spelling]; Monotheca (Plumularia) margaretta —Bandel & Wedler 1987; Plumularia margaretha —Haddad 1992; Silveira & Morandini 2011 [also incorrect subsequent spelling] [polyp].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, at 1.28°S 81.07°W in Isla La Plata, at 2.18°S 80.90°W in La Libertad (Fraser 1938a, 1938b); Atlantic Ocean, at Aruba, at Bonaire, Colombia, at Santa Marta coast, Brazil, from 3.54°S to 4.12°S, from 6.50°S to 9.80°S, from 16.50°S to 27.99°S (Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1949, 1950, 1951a, 1951b; Van Gemerden-Hoogeveen 1965; Wedler 1975; Bandel & Wedler 1987; Haddad 1992; Migotto 1996; Grohmann 1997, 2006; Grohmann et al. 1997, 2003, 2008, abstract; Nogueira et al. 1997; Rosso & Marques 1997; Calder & Maÿal 1998; Haddad et al. 2000, abstract; Migotto et al. 2002; Oliveira 2003; Marques et al. 2006; Miranda & Marques 2006, abstract; Oliveira et al. 2006; Bornancin 2008; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Shimabukuro 2007; Campos & Alonso 2008, abstract; Maronna et al. 2008, abstract; Cunha & Jacobucci 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Miranda et al. 2011, 2015; Fernandez et al. 2014, 2015).

Habitat: polyp—in estuarine regions and rocky shores, from intertidal zone to 57m, on algae, fouling, Bugula neritina , mussels, hydroids, phanerogams, sandstone reefs, sponges (Fraser 1938a, 1938b; Vannucci Mendes 1946; Bandel & Wedler 1987; Haddad 1992; Migotto 1996; Calder & Maÿal 1998; Haddad et al. 2000; Oliveira 2003; Marques et al. 2006; Oliveira et al. 2006; Bornancin 2008; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Shimabukuro 2007; Cunha & Jacobucci 2010; Miranda et al. 2011; Fernandez et al. 2014, 2015).