Eudoxoides mitra (Huxley, 1859)

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 : 182

Eudoxoides mitra (Huxley, 1859)

Synonyms in the area: Diphyopsis mitra —Alvariño 1971, 1976, 1981; Cordeiro & Montú 1991; Araujo 2003, 2006; Muggiaea kochii — Santander et al. 1981.

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Colombia, from 7.5°N to 1.8°N, 77.6°W to 82.1°W (Alvariño 1976), from 7.1°N to 1.1°N, 77.3°W to 79.5°W (Cely & Chiquillo 1993), Peru, from 6.8°S to 17°S (Santander et al. 1981; IMARPE database); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, at 11.2°N 74.2°W off Gaira Inlet (Domínguez 2002), Venezuela, at Gulf of Cariaco (Legaré 1961), off French Guiana (Leloup 1934; Alvariño 1971), Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 44ºS (Leloup 1932, 1934, 1937, 1955; Alvariño 1968, 1971, 1981; Nogueira & Oliveira 1991; Cordeiro & Montú 1991; Dias 1994; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Araujo 2003 2006, 2012; Araujo et al. 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Bonecker et al. 2014).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, epipelagic, found in tropical, subtropical and temperate waters (Alvariño 1974; Pagés & Gili 1992; Pugh 1999; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014).