Scandia mutabilis (Ritchie, 1907b)

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 : 79

Scandia mutabilis (Ritchie, 1907b)

Remarks: Migotto (1996), based on scarce and non-fertile material, remarked that his material was similar to those of Calder (1991:28), “especially with regard to their cylindrical shape”. Nevertheless, Migotto considered his identification provisional.

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Colombia, at 6.78°N 77.60°W in Octavia Bay, Ecuador, from 1.5°N to 1.5°S in Galápagos Archipelago, at 0.56°N 80.01°W in San Francisco Bay (Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1939, 1948; Calder et al. 2003); Atlantic Ocean, at Aruba Island, Brazil, at 9.80°S 35°W, from 23.36°S to 27.13°S (Leloup 1935; Migotto 1996; Migotto et al. 2002; Shimabukuro 2007; Maronna et al. 2008, abstract; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Miranda et al. 2015).

Habitat: polyp—from intertidal zone to 73m depth, on hydroids (Fraser 1938a, 1938b; Migotto 1996; Calder et al. 2003; Shimabukuro 2007).