Lytocarpia canepa (Blanco & Bellusci de Miralles, 1971a)

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 : 101

Lytocarpia canepa (Blanco & Bellusci de Miralles, 1971a)

Synonyms in the area: Thecocarpus canepa Blanco & Bellusci de Miralles, 1971a ; Blanco 1976a, 1994a, 1994b; Zamponi et al. 1998; Genzano & Zamponi 2003; Genzano et al. 2009a [polyp]; Thecocarpus myriophyllum var. 1 Vervoort, 1972 [polyp]; Thecocarpus myriophyllum var. 2 Vervoort, 1972 [polyp]; Thecocarpus myriophyllum var. vervoorti Stepanjants 1979 ; Blanco 1994b [polyp]; Thecocarpus miriophyllum —Genzano & Zamponi 1997 [polyp].

Remarks: species endemic to southwestern Atlantic (Genzano et al. 2009a).

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, Uruguay-Argentina, from ca. 37°S to 50°S, at 54.68°S 55.58°W (Blanco & Bellusci de Miralles 1971a; Vervoort 1972; Blanco 1976a, 1994a, 1994b; Stepanjants 1979; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Genzano & Zamponi 1997, 2003; Zamponi et al. 1998; Genzano et al. 2009a; Miranda et al. 2015).

Habitat: polyp—from 70 to 1400m (Blanco & Bellusci de Miralles 1971a; Vervoort 1972; Blanco 1976a, 1994a, 1994b; Stepanjants 1979; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Zamponi et al. 1998; Genzano et al. 2009a). It is a pioneer species settling initially on pebbles or shell debris on soft bottom, growing in size, and then becoming erect by an anchoring system (Genzano et al. 2009 a).