Muggiaea atlantica Cunningham, 1892

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 : 187

Muggiaea atlantica Cunningham, 1892

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Colombia, from 7.1°N to 1.8°N (Alvariño 1976; Cely & Chiquillo 1993), off Peru (Bigelow 1911a; Alvariño 1971; Santander et al. 1981; IMARPE database), Chile, from 18ºS to 55ºS (Palma 1973, 1977, 1985, 1994; Palma & Rosales 1995, 1997; Palma et al. 1999, 2007b, 2011, 2014a; Ulloa et al. 2000; Pagès et al. 2001; Palma & Aravena 2001; Palma & Apablaza 2004; Apablaza & Palma 2006; Palma & Silva 2006; Villenas et al. 2009; Pavez et al. 2010); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, from 17°N to 11°N (Moncaleano & Niño 1976; Giraldo & Villalobos 1983), Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 40ºS (Dias 1994; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Araujo 2006, 2012; Silveira & Morandini 2011).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, found in tropical and temperate waters (Alvariño 1971; Pagès & Gili 1992; Pugh 1974, 1999; Araujo 2012).