Stylactaria hooperii (Sigerfoos, 1899)

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 : 65-66

Stylactaria hooperii (Sigerfoos, 1899)

Synonyms in the area: Stylactis hooperi —Moreira et al. 1979 [polyp and medusa] [incorrect subsequent spelling]. Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, from 23.30°S to 24°S (Moreira et al. 1979; Migotto 1996; Migotto et al. 2002; Shimabukuro 2007; Miranda et al. 2015); medusa—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, at 23.81°S 45.41°W, at 23.83°S 45.42°W (Moreira et al. 1979; Migotto 1996; Migotto et al. 2002; Silveira & Morandini 2011).

Habitat: polyp—from 2 to 6m depth, on barnacles, hermit-crabs, and gastropods (Moreira et al. 1979; Migotto 1996; Shimabukuro 2007).