Euphysa aurata Forbes, 1848

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 : 33

Euphysa aurata Forbes, 1848

Synonyms in the area: Euphysa monotentaculata Zamponi, 1983b (syn. nov.); Genzano et al. 2008a [medusa].

Distribution in South America: medusa—Pacific Ocean, Peru to Chile, from 3.50°S to 56°S (Kramp 1966; Fagetti 1973 p. 36; Palma & Rosales 1995; Pagès & Orejas 1999; Palma & Apablaza 2004; Apablaza & Palma 2006; Galea 2007 p. 29-30; Palma et al. 2007a p. 70, 2007b p. 74, 80, 2014a; Villenas et al. 2009; Pavez et al. 2010; Bravo et al. 2011; Chirichigno, pers. comm.); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia to Argentina, at 10.42°N, 10.27°N, from 37°S to 46°S, and at Strait of Magellan (Moncaleano & Niño 1976; Ramírez & Zamponi 1980; Zamponi 1983a, 1983b, 1985; Pagès & Orejas 1999; Genzano et al. 2008a; Guerrero et al. 2013).

Habitat: medusa—species widely distributed in boreal and subantarctic waters (Pagès & Orejas 1999).