Hincksella cylindrica (Bale, 1888)

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 : 86

Hincksella cylindrica (Bale, 1888)

Synonyms in the area: Synthecium cylindricum var. pusilla —Leloup 1935 [polyp]; Synthecium gracile —Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1948 [polyp];? Hincksella cylindrica —Maronna et al. 2008 [polyp].

Remarks: Maronna et al. (2008) considered their record provisional; further material is desirable to corroborate this.

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Colombia, at 5.99°N 77.36°W in Port Utria, Ecuador, at 0.51°S 90.52°W in Isla Guy Fawkes, at 2.19°S 80.90°W in Santa Elena Bay (Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1948; Calder et al. 2003); Atlantic Ocean, at Aruba, at Curaçao, Brazil, at 9.80°S 35.80°W, from 17°S to 22.74°S, and from 27°S to 27.99°S (Leloup 1935; Grohmann et al. 2003; Maronna et al. 2008, abstract; Miranda et al. 2015).

Habitat: polyp—from 3.5 to 36m depth (Fraser 1938a, 1938b; Calder et al. 2003).