Geryonia proboscidalis (Forskål, 1775)

Synonyms in the area: Geryonia porboscidalis —Segura-Puertas 1984 [medusa].

Remarks: the distribution range provided by Ramírez & Zamponi (1981) is not based on specific records and, therefore, we did not consider that information for this species.

Distribution in South America: medusa—Pacific Ocean, Colombia to Chile, from 6.45°N to 1.57°N, from 3.5°S to 18.50°S, and at northwest of Galápagos Archipelago (Fagetti 1973 p. 43; Segura-Puertas 1984; Cely & Chiquillo 1993); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Uruguay, from 0° (Equator) to 3.8°S, from 29°S to 35°S (Vannucci 1951a, 1957a; Navas-Pereira 1974, 1981; Goy 1979; Correia 1983; Migotto et al. 2002).

Habitat: medusa—eurythermic and probably euryhaline species, present in tropical and subtropical waters (Correia 1983; Segura-Puertas 1984).