Dynamena quadridentata (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

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 : 127

Dynamena quadridentata (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

Synonyms in the area: Dynamena quadridentata var. nodosa forme peculiaris —Leloup 1935 [polyp]; Pasya quadridentata —Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1939, 1 948; Calder et al. 2003 [polyp]; Dynamena quadridentata f. flabellata Vannucci Mendes, 1946 ; Vannucci 1949, 1951a [polyp]; Dynamena quadridentata f. typica Vannucci Mendes, 1946; Vannucci 1949, 1950, 1951a [polyp]; Dynamena quadridentata f. heterodonta —Vannucci 1951a, 1951b [polyp]; Dynamena quadridentata var. nodosa —Van Gemerden-Hoogeveen 1965 [polyp].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, from 0.2°N to 1.2°S in Isla Isabela, at 1.28°S 81.07°W in Isla La Plata, at 2.19°S 80.90°W in Santa Elena Bay (Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1939, 1948; Calder et al. 2003); Atlantic Ocean, at Aruba, at Curaçao, at Bonaire, at Tobago Island, Colombia, at Santa Marta coast, Brazil, at 9.80°S 35.80°W, from 16°S to 27.99°S (Leloup 1935; Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1949, 1950, 1951a, 1951b; Wedler 1975; Bandel & Wedler 1987; Migotto 1996; Grohmann 1997, 2006; Grohmann et al. 1997, 2003; Nogueira et al. 1997; Migotto et al. 2002; Oliveira 2003; Oliveira et al. 2006; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Shimabukuro 2007; Maronna et al. 2008, abstract; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Miranda et al. 2011, 2015).

Habitat: polyp—up to 57m depth, on algae, hydroids, mussels, sponges (Fraser 1938a, 1938b; Vannucci Mendes 1946; Bandel & Wedler 1987; Migotto 1996; Calder et al. 2003; Oliveira 2003; Oliveira et al. 2006; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Shimabukuro 2007).