Symplectoscyphus filiformis (Allman, 1888)

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 : 135-136

Symplectoscyphus filiformis (Allman, 1888)

Synonyms in the area: Sertularia gracilis Allman, 1888 p. 51–52 [polyp]; Sertularella filiformis —Nutting 1904 p. 97; Hartlaub 1905 p. 636–637 [polyp]; Sertularella filiformis var. reticulata Ritchie, 1907a [polyp].

Remarks: an exhaustive comparative analysis of materials with a broad geographic distribution, ideally including molecular markers, is necessary to resolve the status of the species Symplectoscyphus subdichotomus and Sertularella filiformis (cf. with remarks by Galea & Schories 2012a p. 47–48).

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Chile, at 39.85°S 73.44°W, and from 41.67°S to 53.62°S (Allman 1888 p. 51–52; Nutting 1904 p. 97; Hartlaub 1905 p. 636–637; Galea 2007 p. 68–69; Galea et al. 2009a p. 341; Galea & Schories 2012a p. 46–48); Atlantic Ocean, Argentina, at 42.78°S 58.77°W, from 52.38°S to 54.42°S (Ritchie 1907a; Totton 1930; Blanco 1982, 1984, 1994a; Genzano & Zamponi 1997).

Habitat: polyp—from 5 to 610m depth, on hard substrates, mollusc shells, sponges, worm tubes and hydroids (Ritchie 1907a; Totton 1930; Blanco 1982, 1984, 1994a; Galea 2007 p. 68–69; Galea et al. 2009a p. 341; Galea & Schories 2012a p. 46–48).