Nanomia bijuga (Delle Chiaje, 1841)

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 : 174

Nanomia bijuga (Delle Chiaje, 1841)

Synonyms in the area: Stephanomia bijuga —Palma 1986; Abreu & Nogueira 1989; Alvariño 1968, 1971, 1981.

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Colombia, from 5°N to 1°N (Cely & Chiquillo 1993), Chile, at 33°S off Valparaiso (Palma 1986); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 54ºS (Alvariño 1968, 1971, 1981; Abreu & Nogueira 1989; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002, Araujo 2006, 2012; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Nogueira Jr. 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, widely distributed in the tropical, subtropical and temperate waters. Species mainly found in the warm waters (Alvariño 1971; Abreu & Nogueira 1989; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014).