Aglaophenia patagonica (d’Orbigny, 1839), d'Orbigny, 1839

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 : 99

Aglaophenia patagonica (d’Orbigny, 1839)

Synonyms in the area: Plumularia patagonica d’Orbigny, 1839 p. 27 [polyp].

Remarks: d'Orbigny (1839 p. 27) recorded the species for the northern Patagonia coast but gave no specific locality for it.

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Chile, from 42.35°S to 42.45°S (Hartlaub 1905 p. 688–689; Leloup 1974 p. 51, 53).

Habitat: polyp—from 70 to 300m depth, on sand with pebbles and shells and on hard bottom (Leloup 1974 p. 53).