Drymonema gorgo Müller, 1883

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 : 208

Drymonema gorgo Müller, 1883

Synonyms in the area: Drymonema victoria —Moncaleano & Niño 1976; Drymonema dalmatinum —Cornelius & Silveira 1997; Mianzan & Cornelius 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Morandini et al. 2005a; Silveira & Morandini 2011.

Remarks: rare in South Atlantic waters (Cornelius & Silveira 1997); specimens from Gulf of Mexico, USA and Caribbean as Drymonema larsoni (Bayha & Dawson 2010) .

Distribution in South America: medusa—Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, at 10°N 75°W in Cartagena Bay (Moncaleano & Niño 1976), Brazil, from 23ºS to 27°S (Vannucci 1957a; Cornelius & Silveira 1997; Mianzan & Cornelius 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Morandini et al. 2005a; Silveira & Morandini 2011), Argentina, from to 38.6ºS to 39ºS at the Buenos Aires Province coast (Mianzan & Cornelius 1999).

Habitat: neritic waters (Cornelius & Silveira 1997).