Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865

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 : 213

Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865

Synonyms in the area: Mnemia schweiggeri Eschscholtz, 1825 ; Alcinoe vermiculata Rang, 1828 ; Mnemia schweiggeri —Eschscholtz 1829; Alcinoe rosea Mertens, 1833 ; Alcinoe vermiculata —Moser 1910; Alcinoe rosea —Moser 1910; Mnemiopsis mccradyi —Petrechen 1946; Mianzan & Sabatini 1985; Mianzan 1999; Mianzan & Guerrero 2000; Morandini et al. 2005b.

Remarks: records of Mnemiopsis sp. for the Chilean coast (Palma 1994; Palma & Rosales 1995) are possibly misidentifications (Palma, pers. comm.). For more taxonomical details see Oliveira (2007) and Oliveira et al. (2010a, abstract).

Distribution in South America: Atlantic Ocean, Colombia to Argentina, from 12ºN to 46ºS (Eschscholtz 1825, 1829; Rang 1828; Mertens 1833; Moser 1910; Petrechen 1946; Moncaleano & Niño 1976; Mianzan & Sabatini 1985; Mianzan 1999; Mianzan & Guerrero 2000; Morandini et al. 2005b; Oliveira & Migotto 2006; Oliveira 2007; Oliveira et al. 2007, 2010a, abstract; Nogueira Jr. 2012; Lindner, 2014).

Habitat: euryhaline and neritic species, found in coastal and estuarine waters (Mianzan & Sabatini 1985; Oliveira & Migotto 2006; Oliveira 2007).