Diphyes dispar Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821

M. P. Oliveira 1,16, S P. Miranda 2, *,, Es W. Mianzan 10,, Ro E. Migotto 11,, Ne B. Nascimento 2,11, Eli Nogueira Júnior 12,, Er Quiñones 13,, Izio Scarabino 14,, Tín Schiariti 10,, Io N. Stampar 15,, Tronolone 2, , Quíria B. & Onio C. Marques 2,11, 2016, Census of Cnidaria (Medusozoa) and Ctenophora from South American marine waters, Zootaxa 4194 (1), pp. 1-256 : 182

Diphyes dispar Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Colombia, from 7.5°N to 1.5°N (Alvariño 1976; Cely & Chiquillo 1993), Peru, at 4.98°S 8.7°W (IMARPE database), Chile, at 33ºS off Valparaíso (Palma 1973, 1977), at 33.7ºS 78.8ºW in adjacent waters of Juan Fernández archipelago (Leloup 1932); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, from 17°N to 11°N off San Andrés and Providencia Island (Giraldo & Villalobos 1983), at 11.2°N 74.2°W off Gaira Inlet (Domínguez 2002), Venezuela, at Gulf of Cariaco (Legaré 1961), Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 45ºS (Leloup 1932, 1934; Leloup & Hentschel 1935; Seguin 1965; Alvariño 1968, 1971, 1981; Abreu & Nogueira 1989; Cordeiro & Montú 1991; Dias 1994; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Araujo 2006, 2012; Araujo et al. 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Bonecker et al. 2014; Nishiyama et al. 2016).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, epi- mesopelagic, found in tropical, subtropical and temperate waters (Alvariño 1971; Pugh 1974; Abreu & Nogueira 1989; Cordeiro & Montú 1991; Pagés & Gili 1992; Pugh 1999; Araujo 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014).