Halecium halecinum (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 93

Halecium halecinum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, at 0.56°N 80.01°W in San Francisco Bay (Fraser 1938a, 1948); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, at 11.35°N 74.27°W in Santa Marta (Bandel & Wedler 1987).

Habitat: polyp—from 5 to 15m depth, on sponges and rocky shores (Fraser 1938a; Bandel & Wedler 1987).