Orthopyxis compressa (Clark, 1876b)

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 : 157

Orthopyxis compressa (Clark, 1876b)

Synonyms in the area: Campanularia compressa —Hartlaub 1905 p. 562–563; Jäderholm 1905 p. 14–15 [polyp].

Remarks: Schuchert (2013a) considered the species as a synonym of O. integra (MacGillivray, 1842) , however we believe that additional studies are necessary to clarify the status of the species.

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Chile, in Smyth Channel (Hartlaub 1905 p. 562–563; Nutting 1915 p. 65–66); Atlantic Ocean, Argentina, at Tierra del Fuego and Falklands ( Malvinas) Islands (Jäderholm 1905 p. 14–15).

Habitat: polyp—at 15m depth, on algae and Sertularella sp. (Hartlaub 1905 p. 562–563).