Liriope tetraphylla (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821)

Synonyms in the area: Liriope catharinensis F. Müller, 1859 [medusa]; Geryonia proboscidalis —Zamponi & Genzano 1994; Genzano et al. 2008a [medusa].

Remarks: Collins et al. (2008) suggested that this species may be referable to Limnomedusae .

Distribution in South America: medusa—Pacific Ocean, Colombia to Chile, from 20°N to 20°S, from 22.50°S to 46°S (Kramp 1965, 1966; Alvariño 1976; Segura-Puertas 1984; Cely & Chiquillo 1993; Palma 1994; Palma & Rosales 1995; Pagès et al. 2001; Palma & Apablaza 2004; Apablaza & Palma 2006; Baldrich 2007; Palma et al. 2007a p. 70, 73, 2007b p. 74, 80, 2011; Pavez et al. 2010; IMARPE database of zooplankton; Chirichigno, pers. comm.); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia to Argentina, from 17°N to 39.84°S, at 47°S 59°W, at 54.97°S 66.80°W (F. Müller 1859; Vannucci 1951a, 1951b, 1957a; Kramp 1957; Vannucci & Tundisi 1962; Alvariño 1968; Moreira 1973, 1978; Moncaleano & Niño 1976; Goy 1979; Navas-Pereira 1974, 1980, 1981; Ramírez & Zamponi 1980, 1981; Correia 1983; Giraldo & Villalobos 1983; Zamponi 1983a; Zamponi & Suarez 1991; Zamponi & Genzano 1994; Tronolone 2001, 2008; Domínguez 2002; Migotto et al. 2002; Tronolone & Migotto 2005, abstract; Genzano et al. 2008a; Nascimento 2010; Oliveira et al. 2010b, abstract; Blough et al. 2011; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Nogueira Jr. 2012; Nagata et al. 2014a, 2014b; Gusmão et al. 2015; Nogueira Jr. et al. 2015a, 2015b).

Habitat: holoplanktonic, eurythermic and euryhaline species, usually distributed and common in warm waters of all oceans (Kramp 1959a).