Pleurobrachia bachei A. Agassiz, 1860

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 : 214

Pleurobrachia bachei A. Agassiz, 1860

Synonyms in the area: Pleurobrachia pileus —Palma 1971,1994; Palma & Meruane 1975; Palma & Rosales 1995; Pleurobrachia sp.—Pagès et al. 2001.

Remarks: the species was recorded off Valparaiso region (33ºS) as Pleurobrachia pileus by Palma (1971, 1994), Palma & Meruane (1975), and Palma & Rosales (1995). Moreover, the species reported as Pleurobrachia sp. from off Antofagasta by Pagès et al. (2001) is considered here as the same species.

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Peru to Chile, from 3°S to 47°S (Palma 1971, 1994; Palma & Meruane 1975; Palma & Rosales 1995; Pagès et al. 2001; Palma & Apablaza 2004; Pavez et al. 2006, 2010; and specimens collected in this study).

Habitat: epipelagic species, very abundant in coastal waters (Palma & Rosales 1995; Palma & Apablaza 2004).