Staurophora mertensii Brandt, 1835

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 : 88

Staurophora mertensii Brandt, 1835

Synonyms in the area: Staurophora falklandica Browne, 1908 [medusa]; Staurophora mertensi —Kramp 1957 [incorrect subsequent spelling] [medusa].

Distribution in South America: medusa—Atlantic Ocean, Argentina, at 42.50°S 62.12°W, at 54.65°S 64.14°W, at Malvinas (Falkland) Islands (Browne 1908; Kramp 1957; Zamponi 1983a; Mianzan 1989; Genzano et al. 2008a).

Habitat: medusa—up to 151m depth (Kramp 1957).