Cunina duplicata Maas, 1893

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 : 195-196

Cunina duplicata Maas, 1893

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 5.50°N to 4.80°N, from 3.50°S to 34.28°S, and at southwest of Galápagos Archipelago (Kramp 1968; Fagetti 1973 p. 46; Segura-Puertas 1984; Cely & Chiquillo 1993; Chirichigno, pers. comm.); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, no specific record in the Brazilian waters, at 38.74°S 49.31°W, at 52.97°S 48.34°W (Kramp 1957, 1959a; Migotto et al. 2002; Genzano et al. 2008a).

Habitat: medusa—central and southern parts of the Atlantic Ocean, from 400 to 1600m depth (Kramp 1957, 1959a).