Vogtia pentacantha Kölliker, 1853

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 : 189

Vogtia pentacantha Kölliker, 1853

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Colombia, at 2°N 78°W (Cely & Chiquillo 1993), Chile, at 44ºS 74ºW off Boca del Guafo (Palma & Rosales 1997; Palma & Apablaza 2004); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, equatorial region off the Amazon estuary (Alvariño 1968, 1971; Migotto et al. 2002).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, found in tropical, subtropical and temperate waters (Alvariño 1971; Pugh & Gasca 2009).