Rhopalonema velatum Gegenbaur, 1856a

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 : 203

Rhopalonema velatum Gegenbaur, 1856a

Synonyms in the area: Phopalonema velatum —Navas-Pereira 1981 [incorrect subsequent spelling]; Rophalonema velatum —Palma et al., 2011 [incorrect subsequent spelling] [medusa].

Distribution in South America: medusa—Pacific Ocean, Colombia to Chile, from 20°N to 55.84°S (Kramp 1961, 1966; Fagetti 1973 p. 45; Alvariño 1976; Segura-Puertas 1984; Cely & Chiquillo 1993; Pagès & Orejas 1999; Palma & Apablaza 2004; Apablaza & Palma 2006; Baldrich 2007; Palma et al. 2007a p. 70, 2007b p. 74, 78, 80, 2011; Villenas et al. 2009; Pavez et al. 2010; Bravo et al. 2011); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia to Argentina, from 10.42°N to 55.84°S, and at Strait of Magellan (Vannucci 1957b; Alvariño 1968; Navas-Pereira 1974; Moncaleano & Niño 1976; Goy 1979; Navas-Pereira 1980, 1981; Ramírez & Zamponi 1980, 1981; Correia 1983; Zamponi 1983a, 1985; Pagès & Orejas 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Genzano et al. 2008a; Nascimento 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Bonecker et al. 2014; Nogueira Jr. et al. 2015b).

Habitat: medusa—species widely distributed between boreal and subantarctic waters, epipelagic (Pagès & Orejas 1999; Bonecker et al. 2014).