Nectopyramis natans (Bigelow, 1911)

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 : 191

Nectopyramis natans (Bigelow, 1911)

Synonyms in the area: Nectopyramis spinosa Sears, 1952 (partim)—Alvariño 1971, 1981; Migotto et al. 2002. Remarks: Nectopyramis thetis is a synonym of N. spinosa Sears, 1952 (partim) (Pugh 1992). Distribution in South America: Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 65ºS (Totton 1954; Alvariño 1971, 1981; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Silveira & Morandini 2011).

Habitat: oceanic species. Rare, found in tropical and subtropical waters (Alvariño 1981; Pugh et al. 1997; Pugh & Gasca 2009).