Abyla trigona 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 : 178

Abyla trigona Quoy & Gaimard, 1827

Synonyms in the area: Abyla carina Haeckel, 1888 ; Totton 1954; Alvariño 1968, 1971, 1981; Abyla peruana Sears, 1953 ; Bigelow 1911; Abyla schmidti Sears, 1953 ; Alvariño 1969.

Remarks: For synonymy see Pugh (1999).

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, off Peru, (Ayón & Aronés 1997; IMARPE database), Chile, from 25ºS to 33ºS, off Pascua Island, Caldera and adjacent waters of Juan Fernández archipelago (Leloup 1932; Palma 1999; Palma & Silva 2006); Atlantic Ocean, Venezuela, at Marguerita Island (Alvariño 1969), Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 38ºS (Leloup 1932; Totton 1954; Alvariño 1968, 1971, 1981; Dias 1994; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Araujo 2006, 2012; Araujo et al. 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, distributed in tropical and subtropical waters (Alvariño 1971; Pagès & Gili 1992; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012).