Plumularia setacea (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 113-114

Plumularia setacea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms in the area: Plumularia corrugata —Fraser 1938b, 1948; Calder et al. 2003; Plumularia diploptera —El Beshbeeshy 1991 [polyp] [polyp]. Plumularia spiralis Milstein, 1976 (syn. nov.) [non Plumularia spiralis Billard, 1911 ] [polyp].

Remarks: the specific name Plumularia spiralis was proposed by Milstein (1976) for a plumulariid from Uruguay, but we believe this species is most likely a junior synonym of P. s e t a c ea. In any event, the name given by Milstein (1976) would be invalid because it is a homonym of Plumularia spiralis Billard, 1911 .

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Colombia, at 6.78°N 77.60°W in Octavia Bay, Ecuador, from 1.4°N to 1.4°S in Galápagos Archipelago, Chile, from 29°S to 55.28°S (Jäderholm 1904b p. 6, 1910 p. 5; 1920 p.8; Hartlaub 1905 p. 680–681; Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1948; Leloup 1974 p. 49–50; Calder et al. 2003; Galea 2007 p. 82–83; Galea & Leclère 2007 p. 41–43; Galea et al. 2009a p. 350–351; Galea & Schories 2012a p. 22–24); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, at Santa Marta coast, Brazil to Argentina, from 20°S to 55°S (Jäderholm 1920; Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1949, 1950, 1951a, 1951b; Blanco 1966a, 1976a, 1994a, 1994b; Wedler 1975; Milstein 1976; Bandel & Wedler 1987; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Genzano et al. 1991, 2002, 2003, 2009a, 2011; Genzano 1994a, 1994b, 1998, 2010; Genzano & Zamponi 1997, 2003; Genzano & Rodriguez 1998; Grohmann et al. 1997; Nogueira et al. 1997; Migotto et al. 2002; Grohmann et al. 2003, 2008, abstract; López-Gappa & Sueiro 2006; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Meretta & Genzano 2015; Miranda et al. 2015).

Habitat: polyp—from shallow waters to 300m depth, on Acanthodesia sarvartii , algae, gorgonians, hydroids, mussels, polychaete tubes, buoys, wood and ropes (Jäderholm 1910 p. 5; Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1948; Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1950; Leloup 1974 p. 49–50; Blanco 1976a, 1994b; Milstein 1976; Bandel & Wedler 1987; Genzano et al. 1991, 2002, 2003, 2009a; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Blanco 1994; Genzano & Rodriguez 1998; Genzano & Zamponi 2003; Galea 2007 p. 82–83; Galea et al. 2009a p. 350–351; Genzano 2010; Meretta & Genzano 2015; Miranda et al. 2015).