Blackfordia virginica Mayer, 1910

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 : 148

Blackfordia virginica Mayer, 1910

Distribution in South America: medusa—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, from 7.68°S to 8.24°S, from 25°S to 26.50°S, and at the Río de la Plata Estuary (Paranaguá 1963; Migotto et al. 2002; Genzano et al. 2006, 2008a; Nogueira Jr. & Oliveira, 2006; Bardi & Marques 2009; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Nogueira Jr. 2012; Freire et al. 2014; Nogueira Jr. et al. 2015a).

Habitat: medusa—species considered a bioinvader (Genzano et al. 2006; Freire et al. 2014), commonly reported “within estuarine areas of temperate and tropical regions” (Bardi & Marques 2009:47).