Modeeria rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827)

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 : 89

Modeeria rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827)

Synonyms in the area: Tiaranna rotunda —Kramp 1957 [medusa]; Stegopoma fastigiatum —Vervoort 1972; Leloup 1974 p. 7; Blanco 1994a [polyp].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Chile, from 41.50°S to 53.78°S (Leloup 1974 p. 7; Galea 2007 p. 42–43; Galea et al. 2009a p. 346; Galea & Schories 2012a p. 23–25); Atlantic Ocean, Argentina, at 42.90°S 62.60°W and near to Malvinas (Falkland) Islands (Vervoort 1972; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Blanco 1994a);

medusa—Pacific Ocean, Chile, from 41.50ºS to 55.84ºS in interior waters (Pagès & Orejas 1999; Villenas et al. 2009; Bravo et al. 2011; Palma et al. 2014a); Atlantic Ocean, Argentina, at 43.34ºS 46ºW, at 54.48ºS 62.19ºW, and at Strait of Magellan (Kramp 1957; Pagès & Orejas 1999; Genzano et al. 2008a).

Habitat: polyp—widely distributed between boreal and subantarctic waters (Pagès & Orejas 1999), from shallow waters to 403m depth, on several species of hydroids (Vervoort 1972; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Blanco 1994a; Galea et al. 2009a p. 346).