Eudendrium caraiuru Marques & Oliveira, 2003

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 : 58

Eudendrium caraiuru Marques & Oliveira, 2003

Synonyms in the area: Eudendrium glomeratum —Marques 1993; Rosso & Marques 1997; Oliveira et al. 2000; Marques 2001; Migotto et al. 2001; Silveira & Morandini 2011 [polyp] [non Eudendrium glomeratum Picard, 1951 ].

Remarks: common species on the Brazilian coast (Marques et al. 2006). Further taxonomic details in Marques & Oliveira (2003).

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, from 3°S to 4.50°S, from 22.75°S to 25.58°S, from 38°S to 38.10°S (Marques 1993; Migotto 1996; Rosso & Marques 1997; Oliveira et al. 2000; Marques 2001; Migotto et al. 2001; Marques & Oliveira 2003; Oliveira & Marques 2005; Marques et al. 2006; Shimabukuro & Marques 2006a, abstract; Shimabukuro et al. 2006; Shimabukuro 2007; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Marques et al. 2013; Fernandez et al. 2014, 2015; Miranda et al. 2015).

Habitat: polyp—in shallow waters, on fouling, ascidians, bryozoans, barnacles, gastropods, mussels, polychaete tubes, rocks, test panels and other artificial substrates (Migotto et al. 2001; Marques & Oliveira 2003; Marques et al. 2006; Shimabukuro & Marques 2006a; Shimabukuro 2007; Fernandez et al. 2014, 2015).