Halopsis ocellata A. Agassiz, 1865b

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 : 145

Halopsis ocellata A. Agassiz, 1865b

Remarks: Pagès & Orejas (1999) considered this medusa as a bipolar species, but either the Colombian records are incorrect or it is not bipolar sensu stricto.

Distribution in South America: medusa—Pacific Ocean, Colombia to Chile, from 6.36°N to 5.50°N, from 41.5°S to 55.84°S in the Patagonian interior waters (Cely & Chiquillo 1993; Pagès & Orejas 1999; Palma et al. 2007a p. 70, 2007b p. 74, 78, 80, 2014a; Villenas et al. 2009; Bravo et al. 2011); Atlantic Ocean, Argentina, from 40°S to 42.25°S, from 51°S to 54.84°S, and at Malvinas (Falkland) Islands (Kramp 1957; Pagès & Orejas 1999; Genzano et al. 2008a; Guerrero et al. 2013).