Cytaeis tetrastyla Eschscholtz, 1829

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 : 56-57

Cytaeis tetrastyla Eschscholtz, 1829

Synonyms in the area: Cytaeis atlantica —Mayer 1910; Thiel 1938a; Vannucci 1951a [medusa]. Remarks: species described by Mayer (1910b) under the name Cytaeis atlantica with no specific record for the Atlantic Ocean.

Distribution in South America: medusa—Pacific Ocean, Colombia to Chile, from 7.25°N to 25°S (Fagetti 1973 p. 36; Segura-Puertas 1984; Chirichigno, pers. comm.; IMARPE database of zooplankton); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Uruguay, from 4°N to 35°S (Thiel 1938a; Kramp 1957; Vannucci 1957, 1963; Moreira 1973; Navas- Pereira 1974, 1981; Alvariño 1976; Goy 1979; Ramírez & Zamponi 1981; Segura-Puertas 1984; Cely & Chiquillo 1993; Tronolone 2001; Migotto et al. 2002; Baldrich 2007; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Gusmão et al. 2015).

Habitat: medusa—euryhaline and eurythermic species, from 30 to 420m depth (Kramp 1957; Vannucci 1957, 1963, Navas-Pereira 1974). Species recorded in tropical and subtropical regions (Chirichigno, pers. comm.).