Ocyropsis maculata (Rang, 1828)

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 : 213-214

Ocyropsis maculata (Rang, 1828)

Synonyms in the area: Ocyropsis sp.—Harbison et al. 1978.

Remarks: the two subspecies forms of O. maculata described by Harbison & Miller (1986) were assigned to the Amazonian Province (off northeastern South America).

Distribution in South America: Atlantic Ocean, Venezuela to Brazil, from 12°N to 1°S (Harbison et al. 1978; Harbison & Miller 1986; Mianzan 1999; Oliveira et al. 2007).

Habitat: epipelagic species, found in oceanic waters (Harbison et al. 1978; Harbison & Miller 1986).