Eudendrium capillare Alder, 1856

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 : 57

Eudendrium capillare Alder, 1856

Synonyms in the area: Eudendrium tenue —Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1939; Calder et al. 2003 [polyp]; Eudendrium ? capillare —Grohmann et al. 2008 [polyp].

Remarks: the record of Eudendrium ? capillare by Grohmann et al. (2008), for 22.37°S 41.75°W, is considered doubtful by the authors.

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Colombia, at 6.78°N 77.60°W in Octavia Bay, Ecuador, at 0.27°S 91.37°W in Isla Isabela, at 1.23°S 90.45°W in Isla Floreana (Fraser 1938a, 1938b; Calder et al. 2003); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, at Santa Marta coast, Brazil, from 7.50°S to 9°S, from 11.40°S to 13.15°S, at 22.37°S 41.75°W, from 23.50°S to 24°S (Vannucci 1954; Maÿal 1973; Wedler 1975; Marques 1993; Kelmo & Santa Isabel 1998; Marques 2001; Migotto et al. 2002; Oliveira 2003; Oliveira et al. 2006; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Grohmann et al. 2008, abstract; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Miranda et al. 2015).

Habitat: polyp—from intertidal zone to 73m depth, on rock, barnacles, sponges, other hydroids, algae, and artificial substrate (Fraser 1938a, 1938b; Marques 1993; Kelmo & Santa Isabel 1998; Marques 2001; Calder et al. 2003; Oliveira 2003; Oliveira et al. 2006; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011).