Proboscidactyla mutabilis (Browne, 1902)

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 : 71-72

Proboscidactyla mutabilis (Browne, 1902)

Synonyms in the area: Willia mutabilis Browne, 1902, 1908 ; Browne & Kramp 1939 [medusa]; Willsia mutabilis —Thiel, 1938a [medusa]; Proboscidactyla ornata –Zamponi 1983a [medusa] [non Proboscidactyla ornata (McCrady, 1859) ].

Remarks: this species was recorded as Willia mutabilis from Malvinas (Falkland) Islands by Browne (1902, 1908) and Browne & Kramp (1939). Specimens reported by Zamponi (1983a) as P. ornata for Buenos Aires and north Patagonia were synonymized to P. mutabilis (see Genzano et al. 2008a for more details).

Distribution in South America: medusa—Pacific Ocean, Chile, at 33°S in Valparaíso Bay, from 41.5°S to 55.83°S (Fagetti 1973 p. 41; Vanhöffen 1913; Pagès & Orejas 1999; Palma et al. 2007a p. 70, 2007b p. 74, 78, 80, 2014a); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, from 27°S to 55°S (Browne 1902, 1908; Browne & Kramp 1939; Thiel 1938a; Goy 1979; Zamponi 1983a, 1985; Genzano et al. 2008a; Guerrero et al. 2013).