Agalma elegans (Sars, 1846)

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 : 173

Agalma elegans (Sars, 1846)

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Colombia, at 1°N 79°W (Cely & Chiquillo 1993), Chile, from 23ºS to 37ºS (Palma 1973, 1977, 1994; Palma & Rosales 1995; Ulloa et al. 2000; Pagès et al. 2001; Palma & Apablaza 2004; Apablaza & Palma 2006; Palma & Silva 2006; Pavez et al. 2010); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, at 11°N 74ºW in Gaira Inlet (Domínguez 2002), Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 38ºS (Alvariño 1971; Alvariño 1981; Abreu & Nogueira 1989; Dias 1994; Pugh 1999; Araujo 2006, 2012; Silveira & Morandini 2011; specimens collected in this study).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, widely distributed in the tropical, subtropical and temperate waters. Often found in epipelagic and tropical waters (Alvariño 1971, 1981; Pagès & Gili 1992; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012).