Lensia challengeri Totton, 1954

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 : 183

Lensia challengeri Totton, 1954

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Colombia, from 7.5°N to 2°N (Alvariño 1976), Chile, at 23ºS off Antofagasta (Pagès et al. 2001; Palma & Apablaza 2004; Apablaza & Palma 2006); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, at 13°S (Araujo 2012) and 20.5°S to 29°S (Dias 1994; Migotto et al. 2002; Bonecker et al. 2014).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species. Epipelagic, rare, found in tropical, subtropical and temperate regions (Alvariño 1971; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014).