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
Pelagia noctiluca
(Forskål, 1775)
Remarks: species with holoplanktonic life cycle (Rottini Sandrini & Avian 1983). Aggregations occasionally found off Peruvian waters, at night (Quiñones pers. observ.).
Distribution in
South
America: medusa—Pacific Ocean,
Colombia
to
Chile
, from 5°N to 34°S (Kramp 1961, 1968; Fagetti 1973 p.45; Segura-Puertas 1984); Atlantic Ocean,
Brazil
from 23ºS to 28ºS (Mianzan &
Guerrero
2000; Tronolone
et al.
2002; Silveira & Morandini 2011).
Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, epipelagic (Kramp 1961).