Pycnotheca mirabilis (Allman, 1883)

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 : 108

Pycnotheca mirabilis (Allman, 1883)

Synonyms in the area: Kirchenpaueria mirabilis var. robusta —Vannucci Mendes, 1946; Vannucci, 1950 [polyp].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, from 6.90°S to 7.30°S, at 18.64°S 39.57°W, from 21.50°S to 24.50°S, at 27.20°S 48.50°W (Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1950, 1951a; Migotto et al. 2002; Grohmann et al. 2003; Oliveira 2003; Miranda & Marques 2006, abstract; Campos & Alonso 2008, abstract; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Miranda et al. 2011).

Habitat: polyp—at 22m depth, on algae (Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1950; Oliveira 2003; Miranda et al. 2011).