Census of Cnidaria (Medusozoa) and Ctenophora from South American marine waters
Author
M. P. Oliveira 1,16
Author
S P. Miranda 2, *,
Author
Es W. Mianzan 10,
Author
Ro E. Migotto 11,
Author
Ne B. Nascimento 2,11
Author
Eli Nogueira Júnior 12,
Author
Er Quiñones 13,
Author
Izio Scarabino 14,
Author
Tín Schiariti 10,
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Io N. Stampar 15,
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Tronolone 2
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, Quíria B.
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Onio C. Marques 2,11
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Zootaxa
2016
2016-11-18
4194
1
1
256
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4194.1.1
c7258597-fa96-4b98-a6f8-aecc1f8779d5
1175-5326
C21A07A7-3AD9-4AA2-8426-EAB08BA396E6
Plumularia insignis
Allman, 1883
Distribution in
South
America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean,
Uruguay
to
Argentina
, from 35°S to
43.55°S
(Blanco 1994a, 1994b; Genzano 1995; Zamponi
et al.
1998; Genzano & Zamponi 2003; Genzano
et al.
2009a;
Miranda
et al
. 2015). Stepanjants (1979) reported this species from the Patagonian coast with no specific location.
Habitat: polyp—it is a ‘rooting’ species which settles initially on pebbles or shell debris on soft bottom, grows in size, and then stays erect by an anchoring system (Genzano
et al.
2009a), from
100 to 680m
depth (Stepanjants 1979; Blanco 1994a, 1994b; Genzano 1995; Zamponi
et al.
1998; Genzano & Zamponi 2003; Genzano
et al.
2009a).