Stephanoscyphistoma corniformis (Komai, 1936)

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 : 206

Stephanoscyphistoma corniformis (Komai, 1936)

Remarks: a species of coronate polyp with no link as yet to any medusa species. Several species might be hidden under this name, probably belonging to the genera Atorella or Nausithoe (Morandini & Jarms 2005) . Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, southeastern coast of Brazil (Silveira & Morandini 1996; Silveira & Morandini 2011).

Habitat: benthic, usually associated with calcareous substrata (Silveira & Morandini 1996).