Eudendrium tenellum Allman, 1877

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 : 61

Eudendrium tenellum Allman, 1877 nomen dubium

Remarks: this species was first described by Allman (1877) based on specimens without hydranths and gonophores, and therefore, it was considered by Calder (1988 p.42, 43) as a nomen dubium.

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Colombia, at 2.99°N 78.20°W in Gorgona Island, Ecuador, at 0.56°N 80.01°W in San Francisco Bay, from 1.4°N to 1.42°S in Galápagos Archipelago (Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1939, 1948; Calder et al. 2003).

Habitat: polyp—from 37 to 274m depth (Fraser 1938b, 1948; Calder et al. 2003).