Sertularia marginata (Kirchenpauer, 1864)

Synonyms in the area: Desmoscyphus pectinatus Allman, 1888 [polyp]; Sertularia versluysi —Fraser 1938a; Calder et al. 2003 [polyp]; Sertularia inflata —Fraser 1948; Vervoort 1967; Maÿal 1973; Wedler 1975; Bandel & Wedler 1987 [polyp]; Sertularia marginata f. laxa Vannucci, 1949, 1950, 1951b [polyp]; Sertularia marginata f. typica Vannucci, 1949, 1951b [polyp]; Tridentata marginata —Grohmann 2006 [polyp].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, at 0.27°S 91.37°W in Isla Isabela, at 2.19°S 80.9°W in Santa Elena Bay (Fraser 1938a, 1948; Calder et al. 2003); Atlantic Ocean, at Curaçao, at Bonaire, Colombia, at Puerto Colombia, at Santa Marta coast, Brazil, from 3°S to 4.5°S, from 6.7°S to 9.8°S, from 11.5°S to 29.5°S (Allman 1888; Leloup 1935; Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1949, 1950, 1951a, 1951b, 1954; Van Gemerden-Hoogeveen 1965; Vervoort 1967; Maÿal 1973; Wedler 1975; Bandel & Wedler 1987; Haddad 1992; Pires et al. 1992; Migotto 1996, 1998; Grohmann 1997, 2006; Grohmann et al. 1997, 2003, 2008, abstract; Nogueira et al. 1997; Rosso & Marques 1997; Haddad & Chiaverini 2000, abstract; Migotto et al. 2002; Marques & Migotto 2003; Oliveira 2003; Marques et al. 2006; Menon et al. 2006, abstract; Miranda & Marques 2006, abstract; Oliveira et al. 2006; Bornancin 2008; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Shimabukuro 2007; Campos & Alonso 2008, abstract; Maronna et al. 2008, abstract; Amaral et al. 2009; Cunha & Jacobucci 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Miranda et al. 2011, 2015; Marques et al. 2013; Fernandez et al. 2014; Lindner et al. 2014).

Habitat: polyp—from intertidal zone to 57m depth, on algae, ascidians, bryozoans, mussels, hydroids, polychaetes, fouling, rock (Fraser 1948; Haddad 1992; Pires et al. 1992; Migotto 1996, 1998; Haddad & Chiaverini 2000; Marques & Migotto 2003; Oliveira 2003; Marques et al. 2006; Oliveira et al. 2006; Bornancin 2008; Oliveira & Marques 2007; Shimabukuro 2007; Cunha & Jacobucci 2010; Miranda et al. 2011; Fernandez et al. 2014).