Leuckartiara octona (Fleming, 1823)

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 : 69-70

Leuckartiara octona (Fleming, 1823)

Synonyms in the area:? Perigonimus repens —Hartlaub 1905 [polyp]; Perigonimus repens —Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1939, 1948; Calder et al. 2003; Halitholus intermedius —Genzano et al. 2008a [medusa] [non Halitholus intermedius (Browne, 1902) ].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, from 0.1°S to 1.4°S in Galápagos Archipelago (Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1939, 1948; Calder et al. 2003); Chile, at 39.95°S 73.60°W, and from 53.30°S to 55°S (Hartlaub 1905 p. 530–531; Jäderholm 1917; Galea & Schories 2012a p. 26); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, at 20.28°S 40.26°W, at 23.83°S 45.42°W, and at Malvinas (Falkland) Islands in Port Stanley (Hartlaub 1905 p.

530–531; Grohmann 1997, 2006; Grohmann et al. 1997; Migotto 1996; Migotto et al. 2002; Shimabukuro 2007; Miranda et al. 2015); medusa—Pacific Ocean, Colombia to Chile, from 7.50°N to 4.82°N, from 3.50°S to 18.25°S, from 29.95ºS to 55.92ºS, and at Pascua Island (Kramp 1966; Fagetti 1973 p. 37; Alvariño 1976; Cely & Chiquillo 1993; Palma 1994; Palma & Rosales 1995; Pagès & Orejas 1999; Galea 2007 p. 28–29; Palma et al. 2007a p. 70, 2007b p. 74, 78, 80, 2014a; Villenas et al. 2009; Chirichigno, pers. comm.; Pavez et al. 2010; Bravo et al. 2011); Atlantic Ocean , Brazil to Argentina, from 23.5°S to 24.2°S, from 29°S to 46.48°S, and at Beagle Channel (Navas- Pereira 1974, 1981; Zamponi 1983a; Migotto 1996; Tronolone 2001; Migotto et al. 2002; Genzano et al. 2008a; Nascimento 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011).

Habitat: polyp—from 1.5m to 128m depth, on crab carapace and on Cerithium atratum and Strombus pugilis (Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1948; Migotto 1996; Calder et al. 2003; Shimabukuro 2007; Galea & Schories 2012a); medusa—species with large dispersal capabilities (Zamponi 1983a).