Lychnorhiza lucerna Haeckel, 1880

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 : 207

Lychnorhiza lucerna Haeckel, 1880

Synonyms in the area: Cramborhiza flagellata Haeckel, 1880 ; Catostylus cruciatus —Mayer 1910; Vannucci 1957a; Goy 1979; Lychnorhiza flagellata —Vanhöffen 1888; Rhizostoma pulmo —Moncaleano & Niño 1976.

Remarks: one of the commonest medusae in Argentinean and Brazilian waters (Mianzan & Cornelius, 1999). Its metagenetic life cycle was described by Schiariti et al. (2008). The taxonomic status was unraveled by Morandini (2009). Aspects of its trophic ecology were investigated by Nagata (2015).

Distribution in South America: medusa—Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, at 10.9°N 74.3°W in Cartagena Bay (Moncaleano & Niño 1976; Cedeño-Posso & Lecompte 2013b), off French Guiana (Ranson 1945), Brazil to Argentina, from 10°N to 39°S (Kramp 1961; Mianzan et al. 1988; Olagüe et al. 1990; Mianzan & Cornelius 1999; Silveira & Cornelius 2000; Morandini et al. 2005a, 2005b; Nogueira Jr. & Haddad 2006a; Morandini et al. 2006b; Schiariti 2008; Soares et al. 2009; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Nogueira Jr. 2012).

Habitat: neritic species commonly found in estuaries and in coastal waters (Mianzan & Cornelius 1999; Morandini et al. 2005a; Schiariti 2008).