Laomedea calceolifera (Hincks, 1871)

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 : 168

Laomedea calceolifera (Hincks, 1871)

Synonyms in the area:? Campanularia calceolifera —Vannucci 1949, 1951a [polyp].

Remarks: Vannucci (1949:230) studied material without gonophores and considered it difficult to identify species of the genus based on trophosome only. She contrasted the trophosome of her material with those of Obelia braziliensis (=? Obelia dichotoma ) and Obelia hyalina (=? Obelia dichotoma ). Therefore, we consider the record doubtful until further material can be sampled.

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, at 20.55°S 40.24°W, from 22.50°S to 23.30°S (Vannucci 1949, 1951a; Migotto et al. 2002);

medusa—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, at 20.55°S 40.24°W, at 22.94°S 43.87°W, at 23°S 42°W (Vannucci 1951a).

Habitat: polyp—at 35m depth (Vannucci 1949).