Orthopyxis hartlaubi El Beshbeeshy, 2011

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 : 157-158

Orthopyxis hartlaubi El Beshbeeshy, 2011

Synonyms in the area: Campanularia tincta —Hartlaub 1905 p. 557–558; Jäderholm 1917 [polyp] [non Campanularia tincta Hincks, 1861b ]; Campanularia (Orthopyxis) everta —Blanco 1976a [polyp] [non Campanularia everta Clark, 1876a ]; Orthopyxis hartlaubi El Beshbeeshy, 1991 nomen nudum [polyp];? Campanularia everta —Genzano & Zamponi 1997 [non Campanularia everta Clark, 1876a ]; Campanularia hartlaubi —Galea & Schories 2012a p. 59–61 [polyp].

Remarks: the name Orthopyxis hartlaubi El Beshbeeshy, 1991 is a nomen nudum because it was first proposed in an unpublished dissertation (El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011). Recently, this name was made available by El Beshbeeshy (2011) (see article 50.1 of ICZN 1999). Galea & Schories (2012a p. 59–61) assigned this species to the genus Campanularia Lamarck, 1816 because of the lack of information concerning the production of a medusoid. Herein we maintain the original name given by El Beshbeeshy (2011) until more detailed studies add information about the reproduction of this species.

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Chile, Smyth Channel (Hartlaub 1905 p. 557–558) and at 53.68ºS 70.97ºW in Punta Arenas (Galea & Schories 2012a p. 59–61); Atlantic Ocean, Argentina, at 52.68ºS 67.33ºW, at 53.78ºS 70.97ºW, from 48.08°S to 54.12°S, at Beagle Channel and at Malvinas (Falkland) Islands (Hartlaub 1905; Jäderholm 1905, 1917; Ritchie, 1907a; Blanco 1976a; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011).

Habitat: polyp—from 20 to 125m depth, on hydroids such as Symplectoscyphus filiformis , Synthecium protectum , Parascyphus repens and Symplectoscyphus magellanicus (Blanco 1976a; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Galea & Schories 2012a p. 59–61).