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, Author Io N. Stampar 15, Author Tronolone 2 Author , Quíria B. Author Onio C. Marques 2,11 text 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 Halecium beanii (Johnston, 1838) Synonyms in the area: Thoa edwardsiana d'Orbigny, 1839 [polyp]; Halecium edwardisianum Hartlaub, 1905 p. 604–605 [polyp]; Halecium beani —Jäderholm 1910 p. 2 [polyp]; Halecium beani —Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1939, 1948; Leloup 1974 p. 10; Calder et al. 2003 [polyp]. Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Ecuador , at 0.56°N 80.01°W in San Francisco Bay, from 0.1°S to 1.5°S in Galápagos Archipelago, at 2.19°S 80.90°W in Santa Elena Bay, Chile , at 29.22°S 71.55°W , from 39°S to 43.88°S , and from 53°S to 54°S (Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1939, 1948; Jäderholm 1910; Calder et al. 2003; Galea 2007 p. 52–53; Galea et al. 2009a p. 329; Galea & Schories 2 0 12a p. 22–24); Atlantic Ocean, Uruguay to Argentina , from 34°S to 55°S (d’Orbigny 1838; Hartlaub 1905; Blanco 1968, 1976a, 1994a; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Genzano et al. 1991, 2002, 2009a, 2011; Genzano 1994, 1998; Genzano & Zamponi 1997, 2003; Genzano & Rodriguez 1998; Meretta & Genzano 2015; Miranda et al . 2015). Habitat: polyp –from intertidal zone to 225m depth, common on pebbles and many living organisms such as algae, bryozoans, hydroids, mussels, pieces of wood, polychaete tubes, shells, sponges, tunicates (Jäderholm 1910 p. 2; Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1948; Leloup 1974 p. 10; Blanco 1976a, 1994a; Genzano & Rodriguez 1998; Genzano et al. 2002, 2009a; Calder et al. 2003; Genzano & Zamponi 2003; Galea 2007 p. 52–53; Galea et al. 2009a p. 329; Meretta & Genzano 2015).