Dynamena disticha (Bosc, 1802)

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 : 126-127

Dynamena disticha (Bosc, 1802)

Synonyms in the area: Sertularia cornicina —Ritchie 1909; Fraser 1938b; Maÿal 1973; Calder et al. 2003 [polyp]; Sertularia mayeri —Fraser 1938a, 1948 [polyp]; Dynamena cornicina —Leloup 1935; Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1949, 1950, 1951a, 1951b; Van Gemerden-Hoogeveen 1965; Wedler 1975; Bandel & Wedler 1987; Genzano 1992; Haddad 1992; Genzano & Zamponi 1997, 2003; Amaral et al. 2009; Genzano et al. 2009a, 2011 [polyp]; Dynamena mayeri —Van Gemerden-Hoogeveen 1965 [polyp].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, from 0.5°S to 1°S in Galápagos Archipelago, at 2.19°S 80.90°W in Santa Elena Bay (Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1948; Calder et al. 2003); Atlantic Ocean, at Aruba, at Curaçao, at Bonaire, Colombia, at Santa Marta coast, Venezuela, at La Tortuga Island, at Blanquilla Island, at Los Frailles Island, at Los Testigos Island, at Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil to Argentina, from 3.54°S to 8.80°S, from 16°S to 32.50°S, from 38°S to 57°S (Ritchie 1909; Leloup 1935; Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1949, 1950, 1951a, 1951b; Van Gemerden-Hoogeveen 1965; Maÿal 1973; Wedler 1975; Bandel & Wedler 1987; Genzano 1992; Haddad 1992; Pires et al. 1992; Migotto 1996; Genzano & Zamponi 1997, 2003; Grohmann 1997, 2006; Grohmann et al. 1997, 2003, 2008, abstract; Nogueira et al. 1997; Rosso & Marques 1997; Calder & Maÿal 1998; Haddad et al. 2000, abstract; Horta et al. 2001, abstract; Migotto et al. 2002; Marques & Migotto 2003; Oliveira 2003; Miranda & Marques 2006, abstract; Oliveira et al. 2006; Bornancin 2008; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Shimabukuro 2007; Amaral et al. 2009; Genzano et al. 2009a, 2011; Cunha & Jacobucci 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Miranda et al. 2011, 2015; Marques et al. 2013; Fernandez et al. 2015).

Habitat: polyp—in estuarine regions and rocky shores, from shallow waters to 65m depth, on algae, barnacles, mussels, hydroids, holothuroids, fouling, sandstone reefs (Ritchie 1909; Fraser 1938a, 1938b; Vannucci Mendes 1946; Bandel & Wedler 1987; Genzano 1992; Haddad 1992; Migotto 1996; Calder & Maÿal 1998; Calder et al. 2003; Marques & Migotto 2003; Oliveira 2003; Oliveira et al. 2006; Bornancin 2008; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Shimabukuro 2007; Cunha & Jacobucci 2010; Miranda et al. 2011; Fernandez et al. 2015).