Clytia elsaeoswaldae Stechow, 1914

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 : 161

Clytia elsaeoswaldae Stechow, 1914

Synonyms in the area: Clytia elsae-oswaldae —Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1951a, 1951b [part] [polyp]; Clytia cylindrica —Vannucci 1949, 1950, 1951a, 1954, 1958, 1963 [part] [polyp]; Vannucci & Ribeiro 1955 [part] [polyp and medusa]; Vannucci 1957b, 1963; Moreira, 1978 [medusa]; Clytia hemisphaerica —Migotto 1996; Lindner & Migotto 1999 [polyp and medusa]; Menon et al. 2006 [polyp]; Clytia cf. gracilis sp.2—Lindner 2000 [polyp and medusa].

Remarks: taxonomy of the species recently revised by Lindner et al. (2011).

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, at Fernando de Noronha (no specific record), from 20.55°S to 25.20°S (Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1949, 1950, 1951a, 1951b, 1954, 1958, 1963; Vannucci & Ribeiro 1955; Migotto 1996; Lindner & Migotto 1999; Lindner 2000; Migotto et al. 2002; Menon et al. 2006, abstract; Lindner et al. 2011; Oliveira & Marques 2011; Silveira & Morandini, 2011); medusa—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, from 23.06ºS to 28ºS (Vannucci & Riveiro 1955; Vannucci 1957b, 1963; Moreira, 1978; Migotto 1996; Lindner & Migotto 1999; Lindner 2000; Migotto et al. 2002; Lindner et al. 2011; Silveira & Morandini, 2011).

Habitat: polyp—from intertidal zone to 57m depth, on algae, angiosperms, anthozoans, artificial substrates, barnacles, bryozoans, ceramic settling plates, hydroids, mussels, sponges (Vannucci 1949; Vannucci & Ribeiro 1955; Migotto 1996; Lindner 2000, Lindner et al. 2011; Oliveira & Marques 2011).

medusa—up to 58m depth (Vannucci 1957b).