Monostaechas quadridens (McCrady, 1859)

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 : 106-107

Monostaechas quadridens (McCrady, 1859)

Synonyms in the area: Monostaechas fisheri —Vannucci 1949, 1950, 1951a [non Monostaechas fisheri Nutting, 1905 ] [polyp].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Colombia, at 5.99°N 77.36°W in Port Utria, Ecuador, at 0.56°N 80.01°W in San Francisco Bay (Fraser 1938a, 1948); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, from 17.50°S to 24°S, from 27.19°S to 27.99°S, and from 38.13°S to 38.25°S (Ritchie 1909; Vannucci 1949, 1950, 1951a; Migotto 1996; Genzano et al. 2002, 2009a; Migotto et al. 2002; Genzano & Zamponi 2003; Grohmann et al. 2003, 2011; Shimabukuro 2007; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Miranda et al. 2015).

Habitat: polyp—from 3.5m to 250m depth, on the hydrocaulus of Ralpharia sanctisebastiani , rocks, sponge (Ritchie 1909; Fraser 1938a; Vannucci 1949; Migotto 1996; Genzano et al. 2002, 2009a; Shimabukuro 2007).