Beroe ovata Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821

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 : 211-212

Beroe ovata Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821

Remarks: “ Beroe forskali Chun ” and “larves de Beroe forskali ” recorded by Seguin (1965) are B. ovata . Beroe cucumis from Cartagena Bay (Moncaleano & Niño 1976) is also considered as B. ovata .

Distribution in South America: Atlantic Ocean, Colombia to Argentina, from 10°N to 42°S (Domaneschi 1976; Moncaleano & Niño 1976; Genzano & Zamponi 1993; Mianzan 1986, 1999; Oliveira & Migotto 2006; Oliveira et al. 2007; Nogueira Jr. 2012; Nogueira Jr. et al. 2015b).

Habitat: euryhaline and neritic species, found in coastal and estuarine waters (Mianzan 1986; Oliveira & Migotto 2006).