Rhizophysa filiformis (Forskål, 1775), Forskal, 1775

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 : 173

Rhizophysa filiformis (Forskål, 1775)

Synonyms in the area: Epibulia ritteriana Haeckel, 1888 ; Alvariño, 1981; Pugh 1999.

Remarks: Pugh (1999) comments that Epibulia ritteriana is probably a junior synonym of this species. Records of Rhizophysa spp. in Araujo (2012) are possibly this species.

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Colombia, from 6°N to 1°N, 77°W to 82°W (Alvariño 1976; Cely & Chiquillo 1993); Atlantic Ocean, Argentina, Buenos Aires coast, in front of the Río de la Plata (Alvariño 1981), from 36ºS to 38ºS (specimens collected in this study).

Habitat: oceanic species, widely distributed in tropical, subtropical and temperate waters (Alvariño 1971, 1981; Pagès & Gili 1992; Pugh & Gasca 2009).