Pelagia noctiluca (Forskål, 1775), Forskal, 1775

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 : 209

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).