Chrysaora plocamia (Lesson, 1830)

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

Chrysaora plocamia (Lesson, 1830)

Remarks : in Peru forming blooms and also massive numbers are stranded in huge aggregations found mainly in shallow waters, from subtidal line (8–10m until 100m depth), becoming less abundant towards offshore (Quiñones- Dávila 2008; Quiñones et al. 2015). Massive numbers of stranded medusae found in Patagonian coastal areas (Mianzan et al. 2005).

Distribution in South America: medusa—Pacific Ocean, Peru to Chile, from 5°S to 55.015°S (Stiasny 1937; Morandini & Marques 2010; Bravo et al. 2011; Mianzan et al. 2014; Palma et al. 2011, 2014b; Quiñones et al. 2015); Atlantic Ocean, Argentina, at 42°S along the Patagonian coastal waters (Mianzan & Cornelius 1999; Mianzan et al. 2005; Morandini & Marques 2010).

Habitat: neritic, found in coastal and estuarine waters (Mianzan & Cornelius 1999). Dense aggregations at water surface observed in some Peruvian coastal areas, as Punta Salinas (11.2°S), Chilca (12.6°S), and Pisco (13.75°S) (Quiñones-Dávila 2008; Quiñones et al. 2015); Massive numbers of stranded medusae found in Patagonian coastal areas, where this species can cause mortality in salmon farming (Mianzan et al. 2005).