Plumularia floridana Nutting, 1900

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 : 112

Plumularia floridana Nutting, 1900

Synonyms in the area: Plumularia sinuosa Fraser, 1938a, 1948 ; Calder et al. 2003 [polyp].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, from 0.77°N to 1.1°S in Galápagos Archipelago, at 2.19°S 80.90°W in Santa Elena Bay (Fraser 1938a, 1948; Calder et al. 2003); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, from 2.50°S to 4.50°S, at 8.71°S 35.10°W, at 9.77°S 35.84°W, from 18.50°S to 25.20°S (Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1949, 1951a; Migotto 1996; Grohmann 1997, 2006; Grohmann et al. 1997, 2003; Rosso & Marques 1997; Calder & Maÿal 1998; Marques et al. 2006; Shimabukuro 2007; Cangussu et al. 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Fernandez et al. 2015; Miranda et al. 2015).

Habitat: polyp—in estuarine regions and rocky shores, from 2 to 40m depth, on algae, fouling, ascidians, hydroids, mud, mussels, Rhizophora mangle roots, rocks, sand, shells, sponges, wood (Fraser 1938a; Migotto 1996; Calder & Maÿal 1998; Calder et al. 2003; Marques et al. 2006; Shimabukuro 2007; Fernandez et al. 2015; Miranda et al. 2015).