Dimophyes arctica (Chun, 1897)

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 : 181

Dimophyes arctica (Chun, 1897)

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Chile, from 41°S to 55°S in the fjords and channels of southern Chile (Palma & Rosales 1997; Palma et al. 1999, 2007b, 2011, 2014a; Palma & Aravena 2001; Villenas et al. 2009); Atlantic Ocean, off French Guiana (Leloup 1934), Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 67ºS (Leloup 1934; Leloup & Hentschel 1935; Leloup 1955; Totton 1954; Alvariño 1968, 1971, 1981; Pugh 1999; Araujo 2006; Migotto et al. 2002; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Araujo 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species. Epi- mesopelagic distribution in tropical latitudes and epipelagic in high latitudes. Cosmopolitan. (Alvariño 1971; Pagès et al. 1992; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014).