Nausithoe atlantica Broch, 1914

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 : 205

Nausithoe atlantica Broch, 1914

Remarks: some authors (Bigelow 1928; Kramp 1961) consider this species as conspecific with Nausithoe rubra . Distribution in South America: medusa—Pacific Ocean, Chile, at 33ºS off Valparaíso (Fagetti 1973), at 33.6ºS 78.8ºW in adjacent waters off Juan Fernández archipelago (Fagetti 1973); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, at 26.75°S 47.55°W and at 27.3°S 48.15°W off Santa Catarina state (Correia 1983).

Habitat: oceanic, mesopelagic and bathypelagic (Russell 1956, 1970).