Clytia simplex (Browne, 1902)

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 : 166

Clytia simplex (Browne, 1902)

Synonyms in the area: Phialidium simplex —Browne 1902, 1908; Thiel 1938b; Browne & Kramp 1939; Vannucci 1951a; Kramp 1966; Fagetti 1973 p. 40; Ramírez & Zamponi 1980, 1981; Segura-Puertas 1984; Zamponi & Suarez 1991 [medusa].

Remarks: the distribution range provided by Ramírez & Zamponi (1981) is not based on specific records and, therefore, we did not consider that information for this species.

Distribution in South America: medusa—Pacific Ocean, Ecuador to Chile, from 3.50°S to 18.25°S, from 31.866ºS to 55.833ºS, and at northwest and southwest of Galápagos Archipelago (Kramp 1966; Fagetti 1973 p. 40; Segura-Puertas 1984; Pagès & Orejas 1999; Galea 2007 p. 90–91; Galea et al. 2007a p. 161; Palma et al. 2007a p. 73, 2007b p. 73–78, 80–81, 2011 p. 263–264, 266; Villenas et al. 2009); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, from 29°S to 55°S, Strait of Magellan and Malvinas (Falkland) Islands (Browne 1902, 1908; Thiel 1938b; Browne & Kramp 1939; Vannucci 1951a; Zamponi & Suarez 1991; Pagès & Orejas 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Genzano et al. 2008a; Guerrero et al. 2013).

Habitat: medusa—on surface plankton to 50m depth (Galea 2007 p. 168).