Podocorynoides minima (Trinci, 1903)

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 : 73

Podocorynoides minima (Trinci, 1903)

Synonyms in the area: Podocoryne minima —Vannucci 1957, 1963; Navas-Pereira 1980; Ramírez & Zamponi 1981; Correia 1983 [medusa]; Podocoryne simplex —Segura-Puertas 1984 [medusa]; Hydractinia minima —Tronolone 2001; Migotto et al. 2002 [medusa].

Remarks: the species was transferred to the genus Podocorynoides and family Rathkeidae by Schuchert (2007).

Distribution in South America: medusa—Pacific Ocean, Colombia (Segura-Puertas 1984); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, from 20°S to 30°S (Vannucci 1957b, 1963; Navas-Pereira 1980; Ramírez & Zamponi 1981; Correia 1983; Tronolone 2001; Migotto et al. 2002; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Nogueira Jr. 2012; Nogueira Jr. et al. 2015a).

Habitat: medusa—eurythermic and euryhaline species, from 12 to 52m depth (Vannucci 1957, 1963; Correia 1983).