Stauridiosarsia reesi (Vannucci, 1956)

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 : 42

Stauridiosarsia reesi (Vannucci, 1956)

Synonyms in the area: Dipurena reesi —Vannucci 1956; Moreira et al. 1978; Migotto et al. 2002; Silveira & Morandini 2011 [polyp and medusa]; Grohmann et al. 1997; Migotto et al. 2001; Grohmann 2006, 2007, abstract [polyp]; Genzano et al. 2008a [medusa]; Miranda et al. 2015 [polyp]; Stauropurena reesi —Grohmann, 1997 [polyp].

Remarks: the distribution range provided by Ramírez & Zamponi (1981) is not based on specific records and, therefore, we did not consider that information for this species.

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, from 20°S to 25.20°S, at 40.74°S 64.95°W, at 41.84°S 65.12°W (Vannucci 1956; Moreira et al. 1978; Grohmann 1997; Grohmann et al. 1997; Migotto et al. 2001, 2002; Grohmann 2006, 2007, abstract; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Miranda et al. 2015); medusa—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, from 23.5°S to 26.5°S, at 41.84°S 65.12°W (Vannucci 1956; Moreira et al. 1978; Migotto et al. 2002; Genzano et al. 2008a; Nogueira Jr. 2012; Nogueira Jr. et al. 2015a).

Habitat: tropical, subtropical and sub-temperate waters (Genzano et al. 2008a); polyp—on Ulva sp., Corallina sp., and “on the vertical glass wall of the jars” (Vannucci 1956:482).