Cunina octonaria McCrady, 1859

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 : 196

Cunina octonaria McCrady, 1859

Synonyms in the area: Cunina Köllikeri F. Müller, 1861 [medusa]; Cunocthanta octonaria —Vannucci 1951a [medusa].

Distribution in South America: medusa—Pacific Ocean, Peru to Chile, from 3.50°S to 18.25°S, at 42.17°S in Huinay Scientific Field Station, Comau Fjord (Segura-Puertas 1984; Galea 2007; IMARPE database of zooplankton); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia to Argentina, from 10°N to 54°S (F. Müller 1861; Kramp 1957; Vannucci 1951a, 1957b; Alvariño 1968; Moreira 1973, 1978; Navas-Pereira 1974, 1980, 1981; Goy 1979; Ramírez & Zamponi 1980, 1981; Correia 1983; Zamponi 1983a; Tronolone 2001; Migotto et al. 2002; Genzano et al. 2008a; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Nogueira Jr. 2012; Nagata et al. 2014a, 2014b; Nogueira Jr. et al. 2015a).

Habitat: medusa –euryhaline and eurythermic species, recorded up to 2000m depth, on warm waters (Kramp 1957; Correia 1983; Segura-Puertas 1984).