Aglaophenia struthionides (Murray, 1860)

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 : 99

? Aglaophenia struthionides (Murray, 1860)

Remarks: according to Calder et al. (2003:1208), this record is doubtful because the species in frequently found “in lower intertidal and shallow subtidal zones along the coast between Alaska and Baja California ”. Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, at 1.47°S 89.80°W in Isla Española (Clarke 1907; Calder et al. 2003).

Habitat: polyp—on shells and Globigerina, at 183m depth (Clarke 1907; Calder et al. 2003).