Bougainvillia carolinensis (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 : 51

Bougainvillia carolinensis (McCrady, 1859)

Synonyms in the area:? Bougainvillia carolinensis —Vannucci 1951b [medusa].

Remarks: Vannucci (1951b) considered her record as doubtful.

Distribution in South America: medusa—Atlantic Ocean, Colombia to Brazil, from 10°N to 0° (Equator); from 23.2°S to 25.3°S (Alvariño 1968;Vannucci 1951a, 1951b; Vannucci & Rees 1961; Tronolone 2001, 2008; Migotto et al. 2002; Nascimento 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011).