Synthecium protectum Jäderholm, 1903

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 : 86-87

Synthecium protectum Jäderholm, 1903

Synonyms in the area: Synthecium robustum Nutting, 1904b p. 136; Hartlaub 1905 p. 673–674; Ritchie 1907a; Vervoort 1972; Leloup 1974 p. 24–25; Blanco 1976a, 1994a; Blanco & Lunaschi de Redolatti 1978; Stepanjants 1979; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Genzano 1995; Genzano & Zamponi 1997, 2003; Blanco et al. 2000b; Galea 2007 p. 77–78; Genzano et al. 2009a; [polyp]; Synthecium chilense Hartlaub, 1905 p. 671–673 [polyp].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Chile, from 41.76°S to 53.78°S (Jäderholm 1903 p. 290–291, 1904b p. 4; Nutting 1904 p. 136; Hartlaub 1905 p. 671–674; Leloup 1974 p. 24–25; Galea 2007 p. 77–78; Galea et al. 2009a p. 345; Galea & Schories 2012a p. 24); Atlantic Ocean, Uruguay to Argentina, from 35°S to 55°S (Ritchie 1907a; Vervoort 1972; Blanco 1976a, 1978; Blanco & Lunaschi de Redolatti 1978; Stepanjants 1979; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Blanco 1994a; Genzano 1995; Genzano & Zamponi 1997, 2003; Blanco et al. 2000b; Genzano et al. 2009a; Miranda et al. 2015).

Habitat: polyp—from intertidal zone to 300m depth, on hard substrates, shells, algae, sponges, mollusks, polychaete tubes (Ritchie 1907a; Vervoort 1972; Leloup 1974 p. 24–25; Blanco 1976a, 1978; Blanco & Lunaschi de Redolatti 1978; Stepanjants 1979; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Blanco 1994a; Genzano 1995; Blanco et al. 2000b; Galea 2007 p. 77–78; Galea et al. 2009a p. 345; Genzano et al. 2009a).