Ocyropsis crystallina (Rang, 1828)

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), pp. 1-256 : 213

Ocyropsis crystallina (Rang, 1828)

Remarks: the morphotype occurring along the Atlantic South American coast is that assigned as Ocyropsis crystallina crystallina subspecies by Harbison & Miller (1986).

Distribution in South America: Atlantic Ocean, Venezuela to Brazil, 12ºN to 24ºS (Harbison et al. 1978; Mianzan 1999; Oliveira & Migotto 2006; Oliveira et al. 2007).

Habitat: epipelagic species, found in oceanic and coastal waters (Harbison et al. 1978; Harbison & Miller 1986; Oliveira & Migotto 2006).