Physophora hydrostatica Forskål, 1775

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 : 175

Physophora hydrostatica Forskål, 1775

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Colombia, from 6°N to 3°N (Alvariño 1976; Cely & Chiquillo 1993), Peru, from 7ºS to 10ºS (IMARPE, database), Chile, at 36ºS off Concepción (R. Giesecke, pers. comm.), at 43ºS 74ºW off Boca del Guafo (Palma & Rosales 1997); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 55ºS (Alvariño 1981; Dias 1994; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Araujo 2006, 2012; Silveira & Morandini 2011; specimens collected in this study).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, with circumtropical distribution. In Peruvian waters, found in superficial layers (Alvariño 1971, 1981; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012; specimens collected in this study).