Halecium tehuelchum (d’Orbigny, 1842), d'Orbigny, 1842

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 : 95

Halecium tehuelchum (d’Orbigny, 1842)

Synonyms in the area: Thoa tehuelcha d’Orbigny, 1846 [polyp].

Remarks: this is the unique record of this doubtful, unrecognizable, species.

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Chile, at 46.31°S 75.65°W (Galea et al. 2014 p. 24–25); Atlantic Ocean, Argentina, at Río Negro (d’Orbigny 1842; Blanco 1994a).

Habitat: polyp—on dead gorgonian and worm tube, from 13.5 to 17.3m depth (Galea et al. 2014 p. 24–25).