Sertularia distans (Lamouroux, 1816)

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 : 128-129

Sertularia distans (Lamouroux, 1816)

Synonyms in the area: Sertularia heterodonta Ritchie, 1909 [polyp]; Sertularia distans var. gracilis forme peculiaris —Leloup 1935 [polyp]; Sertularia stookeyi —Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1948; Calder et al. 2003 [polyp]; Sertularia erasmoi Vannucci Mendes 1946 ; Vannucci, 1949 1951a [polyp]; Sertularia minuscula Vannucci, 1949, 1950 , 1951a [polyp]; Sertularia distans var. gracilis —Van Gemerden-Hoogeveen 1965; Tridentata distans —Calder & Maÿal 1998; Calder et al. 2003; Grohmann 2006 [polyp].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, from 1.4°N to 1.2°S in Galápagos Archipelago, at 0.56°N 80.01°W in San Francisco Bay, at 2.19°S 80.90°W in Santa Elena Bay (Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1948; Calder et al. 2003); Atlantic Ocean, at Aruba, at Curaçao, at Bonaire, at Tobago Island, Brazil, from 3°S to 4.50°S, from 6.50°S to 8.75°S, at 9.80°S 35.80°W, from 15.5°S to 27.99°S (Ritchie 1909; Leloup 1935; Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1949, 1950, 1951a; Van Gemerden-Hoogeveen 1965; Maÿal 1973, 1978, 1983; Haddad 1992; Pires et al. 1992; Migotto 1996; Grohmann 1997, 2006; Grohmann et al. 1997, 2003, 2008, abstract; Nogueira et al. 1997; Rosso & Marques 1997; Calder & Maÿal 1998; Haddad & Chiaverini 2000, abstract; Haddad et al. 2000, abstract; Migotto et al. 2002; Marques & Migotto 2003; Oliveira 2003; Marques et al. 2006; Oliveira et al. 2006; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Shimabukuro 2007; Campos & Alonso 2008, abstract; Maronna et al. 2008, abstract; Amaral et al. 2009; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Miranda et al. 2011, 2015).

Habitat: polyp—in estuarine regions and rocky shores, from intertidal zone to 65m depth, on algae, hydroids, mussels, polychaeta, rocks, sandstone reef (Ritchie 1909; Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1948; Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1949; Maÿal 1978; Haddad 1992; Pires et al. 1992; Migotto 1996; Calder & Maÿal 1998; Haddad & Chiaverini 2000; Haddad et al. 2000; Calder et al. 2003; Marques & Migotto 2003; Oliveira 2003; Marques et al. 2006; Oliveira et al. 2006; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Shimabukuro 2007; Miranda et al. 2011).