Moerisia inkermanica Paltschikowa-Ostroumova, 1925

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 : 44

Moerisia inkermanica Paltschikowa-Ostroumova, 1925

Synonyms in the area: Ostrumovia inkermanica —Paranaguá 1963; Ramírez & Zamponi 1981; Zamponi 1983a [medusa].

Remarks: Genzano et al. (2008a) considered that the record given by Zamponi (1983a) for the Argentinean coast should be confirmed.

Distribution in South America: medusa—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, at 8.24°S 34.85°W, from 10°S to 20°S, from 25.30°S to 26.5°S, from 39°S to 53°S (Paranaguá 1963; Ramírez & Zamponi 1981; Zamponi 1983a; Migotto et al. 2002; Nogueira Jr. & Oliveira 2006; Genzano et al. 2008a; Nogueira Jr. 2012).

Habitat: medusa—invasive species established in different estuarine areas of the world (Mills & Rees 2000).