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Pelagia noctiluca
(Forskål, 1775) Forskal, 1775
GBIF:124788118
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Remarks: species with holoplanktonic life cycle (Rottini Sandrini & Avian 1983). Aggregations occasionally found off Peruvian waters, at night (Quiñones pers. observ.). Distribution in South America: medusa — Pacific Ocean, Colombia to Chile, from 5 ° N to 34 ° S (Kramp 1961, 1968; Fagetti 1973 p. 45; Segura-Puertas 1984); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil from 23 ºS to 28 ºS (Mianzan & Guerrero 2000; Tronolone et al. 2002; Silveira & Morandini 2011). Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, epipelagic (Kramp 1961).
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): 1-256, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4194.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4194.1.1
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