Rathkea formosissima (Browne, 1902)

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 : 73-74

Rathkea formosissima (Browne, 1902)

Distribution in South America: medusa—Pacific Ocean, Chile, from 53°S to 55.84°S (Pagès & Orejas 1999; Palma et al. 2014a); Atlantic Ocean, Argentina, at Malvinas (Falkland) Islands, at Strait of Magellan, and at Beagle Channel (Browne 1902; Browne & Kramp 1939; Pagès & Orejas 1999; Genzano et al. 2008).

Habitat: medusa—subantarctic species apparently extending its distribution to temperate waters in the southern hemisphere (Pagès & Orejas 1999).