Halopteris alternata (Nutting, 1900)

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 : 104

Halopteris alternata (Nutting, 1900)

Synonyms in the area: Plumularia alternata —Fraser 1938a; Calder et al. 2003 [polyp]; Antennella diaphana diaphana —Van Gemerden-Hoogeveen 1965 [polyp]; Halopteris diaphana diaphana —Vervoort 1967 [polyp]; Halopteris diaphana —Migotto, 1996 [part] [polyp].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Colombia, at 5.99°N 77.36°W in Port Utria, Ecuador, at 1.38°N 91.81°W in Isla Wolf, at 1.23°S 90.45°W in Isla Floreana, at 2.19°S 80.90°W in Santa Elena Bay (Fraser 1938a; Calder et al. 2003); Atlantic Ocean, at Aruba Island, at Curaçao Island, at Bonaire Island, Colombia, at Puerto Colombia, Venezuela, at La Tortuga Island, at Los Frailes Island, Brazil, at 0.92°N 29.37°W, at 3.54°S 38.8°W, at 9.84°S 35.88°W, from 23.70°S to 24°S (Van Gemerden-Hoogeveen 1965; Vervoort 1967; Migotto 1996; Schuchert 1997; Amaral et al. 2002b, 2010a; Migotto et al. 2002; Shimabukuro & Marques 2006a, abstract; Shimabukuro 2007; Maronna et al. 2008, abstract; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Fernandez et al. 2014, 2015).

Habitat: polyp—from intertidal zone to 274m, on algae, fouling, bryozoans, Eudendrium caraiuru , mussels, polychaete tubes, sponges (Fraser 1938a; Migotto 1996; Schuchert 1997; Calder et al. 2003; Shimabukuro 2007; Amaral et al. 2002b, 2010a; Fernandez et al. 2014, 2015).