Sulculeolaria turgida (Gegenbaur, 1853)

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 : 188-189

Sulculeolaria turgida (Gegenbaur, 1853)

Synonyms in the area: Galetta australis —Leloup 1934; Sulculeolaria angusta —Alvariño 1968; Migotto et al. 2002; Araujo 2006; Sulculeolaria bigelowi —Alvariño 1968; Araujo 2006.

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Colombia, from 7°N to 1°N (Alvariño 1976; Cely & Chiquillo 1993), Peru, from 6o S to 12o S (IMARPE database); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 39ºS (Totton 1954; Alvariño 1968, 1971, 1981; Dias 1994; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Araujo 2006, 2012; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Bonecker et al. 2014).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, epipelagic, found in tropical and subtropical waters (Alvariño 1971; Pagès & Gili 1992; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014).