Halopteris tenella (Verrill, 1874)

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 : 106

Halopteris tenella (Verrill, 1874)

Synonyms in the area: Halopteris constricta —Migotto 1996 [part]; Oliveira 2003; Oliveira et al. 2006 [polyp]; Schizotricha tenella —Calder & Maÿal 1998 [polyp].

Remarks: Galea (2013 p. 34) remarked that some materials listed herein, like that by Migotto (1996, in part, see below), “may belong” to Halopteris tenella (Verrill, 1874) . Close comparisons of both materials, including molecular analysis, are necessary to resolve this doubt.

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, at 8.71°S 35°W and at 23.80°S 45.40°W (Migotto 1996; Calder & Maÿal 1998; Oliveira 2003; Oliveira et al. 2006).

Habitat: polyp—from intertidal zone to 1.5m depth, in estuarine environments, on algae, mud, Rhizophora mangle roots, rock, shells, test panels, wood (Migotto 1996; Calder & Maÿal 1998; Oliveira 2003; Oliveira et al. 2006).