Rhizophysa eysenhardti Gegenbaur, 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 : 172

Rhizophysa eysenhardti Gegenbaur, 1859

Remarks: possibly a synonym of Rhizophysa sp. cited by Pagès et al. (2001).

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, northern Chile, at 23.5ºS off Antofagasta (Palma & Apablaza 2004; Apablaza & Palma 2006), and Colombia, from 7°N to 5°N at 77°W (Cely & Chiquillo 1993). Habitat: oceanic species, widely distributed in tropical, subtropical and temperate waters (Alvariño 1971; Pagès & Gili 1992; Pugh & Gasca 2009).