Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771)

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 : 56

Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771)

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Chile, from 42°S to 43°S in fjord Comau (Galea 2007 p. 21; Galea et al. 2009a p. 310); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, at Santa Marta coast; Brazil to Uruguay, at 22.53°S 44.57°W, from 23.30°S to 26°S, from ca. 35°S (Cordero 1941; Ringuelet & Olivier 1954; Wedler 1973; Blanco 1994a; Haddad & Nakatani 1996, abstract; Silveira & Boscolo 1996, abstract; Migotto et al. 2002; Scarabino 2006; Grohmann 2008; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Gutierre et al. 2012).

Habitat: polyp—from mesohaline to limnic environments (Cordero 1941; Ringuelet & Olivier 1954; Grohmann 2008). The species was found in Chilean waters from 8 to 21m depth, epizoic on mussels (Galea 2007 p. 21; Galea et al. 2009a p. 310).