Protiaropsis anonyma (Maas, 1905)

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 : 50

Protiaropsis anonyma (Maas, 1905)

Remarks: the distribution range provided by Ramírez & Zamponi (1981) is not based on specific records and, therefore, we did not consider that information for this species.

Distribution in South America: medusa—Pacific Ocean, Colombia to Chile, from 6.65°N to 6.62°N, from 3.50°S to 18.25°S, from 53°S to 55°S (Alvariño 1976; Cely & Chiquillo 1993; Pagès & Orejas 1999; Chirichigno, pers. comm.); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, no specific record, and at Strait of Magellan (Pagès & Orejas 1999; Migotto et al. 2002).

Habitat: medusa—widely distributed between boreal and subantarctic waters (Pagès & Orejas 1999).