Praya dubia (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

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 : 191

Praya dubia (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

Synonyms in the area: Nectodroma dubia —Alvariño 1976, 1981.

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Chile, at 23ºS off Antofagasta (Palma & Apablaza 2004), at 33ºS off Valparaiso (Palma 1973, 1977); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 44ºS (Alvariño 1981; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Silveira & Morandini 2011).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species. Found in tropical, subtropical and temperate waters (Alvariño 1971; Pugh & Gasca 2009).