Proboscidactyla stellata (Forbes, 1846)

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 : 72

Proboscidactyla stellata (Forbes, 1846)

Remarks: medusae collected on several occasions in plankton samples but, despite intensive search, the polyp stage has not yet been found.

Distribution in South America.

medusa—Pacific Ocean, Chile, at 23°S in Antofagasta, from 41.5°S to 55.371°S (Palma & Apablaza 2004; Galea 2007; Palma et al. 2007a p. 70, 2007b p. 74, 80, 2014a; Villenas et al. 2009; Bravo et al. 2011)