Sulculeolaria biloba (Sars, 1846)

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 : 187-188

Sulculeolaria biloba (Sars, 1846)

Synonyms in the area: Galeolaria australis —Leloup, 1932.

Remarks: the numerous doubtful synonyms used for this species in the past, such as Galeolaria australis (Leloup, 1932) make it difficult to confirm some of the early records (Totton 1954; Pagès & Gili 1992).

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Colombia, from 5°N to 4°N (Cely & Chiquillo 1993), Peru, off northern coast (IMARPE database); Chile, at 23ºS off Antofagasta (Pagès et al. 2001), at 33ºS 78ºW in adjacent waters off Juan Fernández archipelago (Leloup 1932); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 48ºS (Moser 1925; Leloup 1937; Leloup & Hentschel 1935; Seguin 1965; Alvariño 1968, 1971, 1981; Cordeiro & Montú 1991; Pugh 1999, Migotto et al. 2002; Araujo 2006, 2012; Silveira & Morandini 2011; specimens collected in this sudy).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, found in tropical and subtropical waters (Alvariño 1971; Gili 1986; Pagès & Gili 1992; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012).