Abyla bicarinata Moser, 1925

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 : 177

Abyla bicarinata Moser, 1925

Synonyms in the area: Abyla brownia Sears, 1953 ; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Abyla tottoni Sears, 1953 —Totton 1954; Pugh 1999.

Remarks: Pugh (1999) considered that Abyla brownie Sears, 1953 and A. tottoni Sears, 1953 were junior synonyms of this species.

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Chile, at 27ºS near Pascua Island (Palma 1999); Atlantic Ocean, off Brazilian coast (Totton 1954; Pagès & Gili 1992; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002)

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, found in the tropical and subtropical waters (Pugh 1999).