Symplectoscyphus leloupi El Beshbeeshy, 2011

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 : 137

Symplectoscyphus leloupi El Beshbeeshy, 2011

Synonyms in the area: Symplectoscyphus modestus —Leloup 1974 p. 36–40 [non Symplectoscyphus modestus (Hartlaub, 1900) ] [polyp]; Symplectoscyphus leloupi El Beshbeeshy, 1991 nomen nudum [polyp].

Remarks: the name Symplectoscyphus leloupi El Beshbeeshy, 1991 is a nomen nudum because it was first proposed in an unpublished dissertation (El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011). Recently, this name was made available by El Beshbeeshy (2011) (see article 50.1 of ICZN 1999).

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Chile, from 41.90°S to 43.42°S (Leloup 1974 p. 36–40; Galea et al. 2009b p. 13–14); Atlantic Ocean, Argentina, from 51.23°S to 52.68°S (El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011).

Habitat: polyp—from 20 to 115m depth, on polychaete tubes, shells, algae and dead gorgonians (Leloup 1974 p. 36–40; Galea et al. 2009b p. 13–14; El Beshbeeshy 2011).