Eudoxoides spiralis (Bigelow, 1911)

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 : 182-183

Eudoxoides spiralis (Bigelow, 1911)

Synonyms in the area: Muggiaea spiralis —Leloup 1932.

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Colombia, from 7.1°N to 1.5°N (Cely & Chiquillo 1993), Peru, from 13°S to 17°S (IMARPE database), Chile, from 20ºS to 55ºS (Leloup 1932; Palma 1973, 1977, 1985, 1994; Palma & Rosales 1995; Ulloa et al. 2000; Pagès et al. 2001; Palma & Apablaza 2004; Apablaza & Palma 2006; Palma & Silva 2006), in the fjords and channels of southern Chile (Palma & Rosales 1997; Palma et al. 1999, 2007b; Palma & Aravena 2001); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, at 11.2°N 74.2°W off Gaira Inlet (Domínguez 2002), off French Guiana (Leloup 1934), Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 60ºS (Moser 1925; Leloup 1933 1955; Seguin 1965; Alvariño 1968, 1971, 1981; Abreu & Nogueira 1989; Cordeiro & Montú 1991; Nogueira & Oliveira 1991; Dias 1994; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Araujo 2003, 2006, 2012; Araujo et al. 2010; Nogueira Jr. et al. 2015b).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, found in tropical, subtropical and temperate waters (Alvariño 1971; Abreu & Nogueira 1989; Cordeiro & Montú 1991; Nogueira & Oliveira 1991; Pagés & Gili 1992; Pugh 1999; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012)