Zanclea gemmosa McCrady, 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 : 47

Zanclea gemmosa McCrady, 1859

Synonyms in the area: Gemmaria gemosa —Fraser 1938a; Calder et al. 2003 [polyp].

Remarks: according to Calder et al. (2003), the identification of a polyp stage as Zanclea gemmosa McCrady, 1859 is questionable because this species was originally described only from the medusa stage.

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Colombia, at 5.99°N 77.36°W in Port Utria, Ecuador, at 0.27°S 91.37°W in Isla Isabela, at 1.35°S 89.66°W in Isla Española (Fraser 1938a, 1939, 1 948; Calder et al. 2003).

Habitat: polyp—on gastropods and sponge, from 46 to 64m depth (Fraser 1938a; Calder et al. 2003).