Sertularella conica Allman, 1877

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 : 116-117

Sertularella conica Allman, 1877

Synonyms in the area: Sertularella tenella —Jäderholm 1903; Nutting 1904; Vannucci 1951a [non Sertularella tenella Alder, 1856 ] [polyp]; Sertularella inconstans —Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1949, 1950, 1951a; Wedler 1975 [non Sertularella inconstans Billard, 1919 ] [polyp].

Remarks: Galea (2013 p. 22) considered the record by Migotto (1996) as Sertularella peculiaris Leloup, 1974 , but the records included herein were not formally assigned to Leloup’s species. A thorough revision of the materials is necessary to elucidate this doubt, ideally including molecular comparisons.

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, at Santa Marta coast, Venezuela, La Tortuga Island, Brazil, from 18.30°S to 24.20°S, from 27.13°S to 27.21°S, from 31.50ºS to 32.50ºS, Argentina, from 38.25°S to 56°S (Jäderholm 1903; Nutting 1904; Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1949, 1950, 1951a; Van Gemerden-Hoogeveen 1965; Vervoort 1972; Wedler 1975; Stepanjants 1979; Blanco 1982, 1994a; Migotto 1996; Genzano & Zamponi 1997, 2003; Grohmann 1997, 2006; Grohmann et al. 1997; Horta et al. 2001, abstract; Migotto et al. 2002, 2004; Shimabukuro 2007; Genzano et al. 2009a; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Miranda et al. 2011, 2015).

Habitat: polyp—from intertidal zone to 157m depth, on Dynamena crisioides , sponges, shells, nodules of calcareous algae, Sargassum , anthozoan corallum (Vervoort 1972; Stepanjants 1979; Blanco 1982, 1994a; Migotto 1996; Zamponi et al. 1998; Seo 2003; Migotto et al. 2004; Shimabukuro 2007; Genzano et al. 2009a; Miranda et al. 2011, 2015).