Sulculeolaria quadrivalvis Blainville, 1834

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 : 188

Sulculeolaria quadrivalvis Blainville, 1834

Synonyms in the area: Galeolaria quadrivalvis —Leloup 1932; Sulculeolaria brintoni —Alvariño 1981.

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Colombia, from 6°N to 1°N (Alvariño 1976; Cely & Chiquillo 1993), Peru, from 12°S to 18ºS (IMARPE database), Chile, at 33ºS off Valparaíso (Palma 1973, 1977, 1994; Palma & Silva 2006), at 33ºS 78ºW in the adjacent waters of Juan Fernández archipelago (Leloup 1932); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, from 0º to 31ºS (Moser 1925; Leloup 1932a; Alvariño 1971, 1981; Cordeiro & Montú 1991; Nogueira & Oliveira 1991; Dias 1994; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Araujo 2006, 2012; Araujo et al. 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species. Found in tropical and subtropical waters (Alvariño 1971; Pagès & Gili 1992; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012).