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
Pegantha martagon
Haeckel, 1879
Remarks: the distribution range provided by Ramírez & Zamponi (1981) is not based on specific records and, therefore, we did not consider that information for this species.
Distribution in
South
America: medusa—Pacific Ocean,
Colombia
to
Chile
, from
1.5°N
to
18.25°S
, at 33ºS off
Valparaíso
, and at northwest and southwest of
Galápagos
Archipelago (Kramp 1959a, 1965, 1966; Fagetti 1973 p. 46; Segura-Puertas 1984; Cely & Chiquillo 1993); Atlantic Ocean,
Brazil
to
Argentina
, at
3.29°S
29.96°W
, at
38.73°S
49.31°W
, from 43°S to 55°S (Kramp 1957; Migotto
et al.
2002).
Habitat: medusa—in shallow waters, occasionally from
100 to 300m
depth (Kramp 1957; Segura-Puertas 1984).