Amphicaryon ernesti Totton, 1954

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 : 190

Amphicaryon ernesti Totton, 1954

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Colombia, from 5°N to 3°N (Alvariño 1976), Chile, at 23ºS off Antofagasta (Pagès et al. 2001; Palma & Apablaza 2004); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 35ºS (Alvariño 1968, 1971; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Araujo 2006, 2012; Araujo et al. 2010; specimens collected in this study).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species. It is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical waters (Alvariño 1971; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012).