Porpita porpita (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 : 45

Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms in the area: Porpita pacifica —Bigelow 1911 [polyp]; Porpita umbella —Alvariño 1971; Mianzan & Girola 1990; Kelmo & Santa Isabel 1998; Migotto et al. 2002; Silveira & Morandini 2011 [polyp].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Colombia to Peru, from 6°N to 2°N, at east of Galápagos Archipelago, at 10.24°S 81.27°W (Bigelow 1911; Alvariño 1976; Calder et al. 2003; Baldrich 2007; IMARPE database of zooplankton); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, at 11.21°N 74.23°W, Venezuela, at 11.99°N 69.82°W, Brazil to Uruguay, from 2.50°S to 4.50°S, from 11.20°S to 13.20°S, from 20°S to 29.5°S, at 34.17°S 53.70°W, at 34.32°S 53°W, at 34.70°S 54.17°W (Alvariño 1971, 1981; Mianzan & Girola 1990; Kelmo & Santa Isabel 1998; Migotto et al. 2002; Failla-Siquier 2006; Marques et al. 2006; Shimabukuro et al. 2006; Genzano et al. 2008a; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Rico et al. 2013; Lindner et al. 2014; Cazorla-Perfetti & Cedeño-Posso, 2015).

Habitat: polyp—pleustonic and oceanic species; occasionaly large populations stranded on beaches (Marques et al. 2006:80).