Amphicaryon acaule Chun, 1888

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 : 190

Amphicaryon acaule Chun, 1888

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Chile, from 23ºS to 37°S off Antofagasta to off Concepción (Palma 1973, 1977, 1994; Palma & Rosales 1995; Pagès et al. 2001; Palma & Apablaza 2004; Apablaza & Palma 2006; Pavez et al. 2010); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 37ºS (Alvariño 1968, 1971; Dias 1994; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002, Araujo et al. 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Araujo 2012; specimens collected in this study).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical waters (Alvariño 1981; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012).