Clytia lomae (Torrey, 1909)

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 : 165

Clytia lomae (Torrey, 1909)

Synonyms in the area: Phialidium lomae —Zamponi 1992; Zamponi & Genzano 1994 [medusa].

Remarks: West & Renshaw (1970) suggested that Clytia attenuata is the hydroid stage of C. lomae , but this synonymy is not universally accepted and needs to be confirmed or rejected based on further evidence.

Distribution in South America: medusa—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, from 7.55°S to 8.7°S; Uruguay to Argentina, from 34ºS to 43.84ºS (Zamponi 1992; Zamponi & Genzano 1994; Genzano et al. 2008a; Guerrero et al. 2013; Gusmão et al. 2015).