Cestum veneris Lesueur, 1813

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 : 212

Cestum veneris Lesueur, 1813

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Chile, at 33°S near Valparaiso (specimens colleced in this study); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia to Brazil (Harbison et al. 1978; Mianzan 1999; Oliveira 2007; Oliveira et al. 2007).

Habitat: epipelagic species, found in neritic and oceanic waters (Harbison et al. 1978; Oliveira 2007; Lindner 2014).