Abylopsis tetragona (Otto, 1823)

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 : 178

Abylopsis tetragona (Otto, 1823)

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Colombia, from 7°N to 1°N (Alvariño 1976; Cely & Chiquillo 1993), Peru, from 4°S to 8°S (Bigelow 1911; IMARPE, database), Chile, from 23ºS to 55ºS and adjacent waters of Juan Fernández archipelago (Palma 1973, 1977, 1985, 1994; Palma & Rosales 1995, 1997; Palma et al. 1999, 2011; Ulloa et al. 2000; Pagès et al. 2001; Palma & Apablaza 2004; Apablaza & Palma 2006; Palma & Silva 2006); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, from 17°N to 10ºN, at San Andrés, Providencia Island, Cartagena Bay and Gaira Inlet (Alvariño 1968, 1971; Moncaleano & Niño 1976; Giraldo & Villalobos 1983; Domínguez 2002), Venezuela, at 10ºN, in Gulf of Cariaco (Legarè 1961), off French Guiana (Leloup 1934; Leloup & Hentschel 1935); Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 48ºS (Chun 1897; Moser 1925; Leloup 1932, 1934, 1937; Leloup & Hentschel 1935; Seguin 1965; Alvariño 1968, 1971, 1981; Abreu & Nogueira 1989; Cordeiro & Montú 1991; Nogueira & Oliveira 1991; Dias 1994; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Araujo 2006, 2012; Araujo et al. 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Nogueira Jr. 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014; Nogueira Jr. et al., 2015b).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, epi- and mesopelagic, found in tropical, subtropical and temperate waters (Alvariño 1971, 1981; Pagès & Gili 1992; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014).