Orthopyxis caliculata (Hincks, 1853)

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 : 156-157

Orthopyxis caliculata (Hincks, 1853)

Synonyms in the area: Campanularia caliculata —Jäderholm 1903 [polyp]; Eucopella caliculata —Fraser 1938b, 1948 [polyp]; Orthopyxis clytioides —Vannucci Mendes 1946, 1951a [non Orthopyxis clytioides (Lamouroux, 1824) ] [polyp]; Orthopyxis minuta Vannucci 1949, 1951a [polyp]; Orthopixis clytioides —Milstein 1976 [non Orthopyxis clytioides (Lamouroux, 1824) ] [incorrect subsequent spelling] [polyp]; Campanularia integra —Blanco?1964, 1994a [non Campanularia integra MacGillivray, 1842 ] [polyp]; Orthopyxis integra — Miranda et al. 2011 [non Orthopyxis integra (MacGillivray, 1842) ] [polyp].

Remarks: the validity of this species was supported by a recent phylogenetic study, in which it was redescribed (Cunha et al. 2015).

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Peru, at 6.95°S 80.70°W in Isla Lobos de Afuera, Chile, at around 55.35°S in Lennox Island (Jäderholm 1903 p. 268; Nutting 1915 p. 64–65; Fraser 1938b, 1948); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, from 20.33°S to 34°S, from 42°S to 49.5°S (Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1949, 1951a; Blanco 1964, 1994a; Milstein 1976; Miranda et al. 2011; Cunha et al. 2015; Miranda et al. 2015).

Habitat: polyp—from intertidal zone to 39m depth, on algae and hydroids such as Obelia sp. and Sertulariidae ( Jäderholm 1903 p. 268; Fraser 1938b; Blanco 1964; Miranda et al. 2011; Cunha et al. 2015).