Macrorhynchia philippina Kirchenpauer, 1872

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 : 102

Macrorhynchia philippina Kirchenpauer, 1872

Synonyms in the area: Lytocarpus philippinus —Nutting 1900; Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1948; Vervoort 1967; Wedler 1975; Bandel & Wedler 1987 [polyp].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Colombia, at 5.99°N 77.36°W in Port Utria, at 2.99°N 78.199°W in Gorgona Island, Ecuador, at 0.56°N 80.01°W in San Francisco Bay, from 0.39°N to 1.5°S in Galápagos Archipelago, at 1.28°S 81.07°W in Isla La Plata, at 2.18°S 80.90°W in La Libertad, at 2.19°S 80.90°W in Santa Elena Bay (Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1948; Calder et al. 2003); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, at Santa Marta coast, Venezuela, at Puerto Cabello, Brazil, at 3.54°S 38.8°W, from 8.05°S to 10°S, from 11.50°S to 29.5°S (Nutting 1900; Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1949, 1951a, 1954; Vervoort 1967; Wedler 1975; Bandel & Wedler 1987; Migotto 1996; Nogueira et al. 1997; Calder & Maÿal 1998; Migotto et al. 2002; Oliveira 2003; Miranda & Marques 2006, abstract; Oliveira et al. 2006; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Maronna et al. 2008, abstract; Amaral et al. 2010b; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Miranda et al. 2011, 2015; Marques et al. 2013; Lindner et al. 2014; Fernandez et al. 2015).

Habitat: polyp—from intertidal zone to 37m depth, on algae, fouling, mud, Rhizophora mangle roots, rocks, shells, wood (Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1948; Vannucci Mendes 1946; Bandel & Wedler 1987; Migotto 1996; Calder & Maÿal 1998; Calder et al. 2003; Oliveira 2003; Oliveira et al. 2006; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Miranda et al. 2011; Fernandez et al. 2015).