Lytocarpia tridentata (Versluys, 1899)

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 : 101-102

Lytocarpia tridentata (Versluys, 1899)

Synonyms in the area: Aglaophenia tridentata Versluys, 1899 [polyp]; Thecocarpus contorta —Totton 1926 [polyp]; Aglaophenia contorta —Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1951a, 1951b; Maÿal 1973 [polyp].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, Venezuela, at Los Testigos Island, Brazil, from 3.60°S to 4.20°S, from 7.58°S to 7.91°S, at 18.64°S 39.57°W, from 21.25°S to 24.5°S, and from 27°S to 28°S (Versluys 1899; Totton 1926; Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1951a, 1951b; Maÿal 1973; Migotto 1996; Rosso & Marques 1997; Migotto et al. 2002; Grohmann et al. 2003; Marques et al. 2006; Shimabukuro 2007; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Miranda et al. 2015).

Habitat: polyp—from intertidal zone to 15m, on rocks and Eudendrium carneum (Versluys 1899; Migotto 1996; Marques et al. 2006; Shimabukuro 2007).