Beroe cucumis Fabricius, 1780

Remarks: Harbison et al. (1978) documented the presence of Beroe spp., “most of them ressembling Beroe cucumis ” off the northern Brazilian coast and Guianas.

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Peru to Chile, from 3ºS to 55ºS (Palma 1971, 1994; Palma & Rosales 1995; Pagès & Orejas 1999; Palma & Apablaza 2004; IMARPE database 2009; Pavez et al. 2010); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, from 30°S to 59°S (Mianzan 1999; Oliveira et al. 2007).

Habitat: epipelagic species (Mayer 1912; Harbison et al. 1978).