Sertularella robusta Coughtrey, 1876

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 : 121

Sertularella robusta Coughtrey, 1876

Synonyms in the area: Sertularella tenella —Jäderholm 1905; Ritchie 1907a; Blanco 1963 [non Sertularella tenella Alder, 1856 ] [polyp]; Sertularella microtheca Leloup, 1974 p. 30–31 [polyp]; Sertularella polyzonias var. robusta —Stepanjants 1979 [polyp].

Remarks: the species was recorded as Sertularella tenella from Tierra del Fuego, Burdwood Bank, and Santa Cruz by Jäderholm (1905), Ritchie (1907a), and Blanco (1963), respectively.

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Chile, from 41.81°S to 53.78°S (Leloup 1974 p. 30–31, 33; Galea 2007 p. 66–67; Galea et al. 2009a p. 340; Galea & Schories 2012a p. 24–25); Atlantic Ocean, Argentina, from 42°S to 56°S, and at South Georgia Island (Jäderholm 1905; Ritchie 1907a; Blanco 1963, 1968, 1976a, 1994a; Vervoort 1972; Stepanjants 1979; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Genzano & Zamponi 1997; Seo 2003; López-Gappa & Sueiro 2006).

Habitat: from 10 to 520m depth, on hydroids (Vervoort 1972; Leloup 1974 p. 30–31, 33; Blanco 1976a, 1994a; Stepanjants 1979; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Galea 2007 p. 66–67; Galea et al. 2009a p. 340).