Lensia hardy Totton, 1941

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 : 185

Lensia hardy Totton, 1941

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Colombia, from 7.15°N to 1.8°N (Cely & Chiquillo 1993), Chile, at 23ºS off Antofagasta (Apablaza & Palma 2006), at 33ºS off Valparaíso (Palma 1973, 1977); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 57ºS (Alvariño 1981; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Araujo 2006, 2012; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Nishiyama 2016; Nishiyama et al. 2016).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, epipelagic, found in tropical, subtropical, temperate and subantarctic waters (Alvariño 1971; Pagès et al. 1992; Pagès & Gili 1992; Pugh 1999; Araujo 2012; Nishiyama 2016).