Symplectoscyphus flexilis (Hartlaub, 1900)

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 : 136

Symplectoscyphus flexilis (Hartlaub, 1900)

Synonyms in the area: Sertularella modesta Hartlaub, 1900 p. 42–43, 1905 p. 634–635 [polyp]; Sertularella tricuspidata —Naumov & Stepanjants 1962; Stepanjants 1979 [polyp]; Symplectoscyphus glacialis —Blanco 1967a [polyp]; Symplectoscyphus modestus —Blanco 1976a, 1976b [polyp].

Remarks: species recorded as Sertularella modesta in Tierra del Fuego by Hartlaub (1900, 1905), as Sertularella tricuspidata between Tierra del Fuego and Malvinas (Falkland) Islands by Naumov & Stepanjants (1962), as Symplectoscyphus glacialis in Puerto Madryn by Blanco (1967a), and as Symplectoscyphus modestus by Blanco (1976), without details of the collection site (off Buenos Aires) .

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Chile, at 29.22°S 71.55°W and at 39.95°S 73.61°W (Galea & Schories 2012a p. 48–50; Galea et al. 2014 p. 36); Atlantic Ocean, Argentina, from 40°S to 56°S (Hartlaub 1900 p. 42–43, 1905 p. 634–635; Naumov & Stepanjants 1962; Blanco 1967a, 1976a, 1976b, 1980, 1994a; Vervoort 1972; Stepanjants 1979; Genzano & Zamponi 1997; Seo 2003; Miranda et al. 2015).

Habitat: polyp—from 6 to 800m depth, on seaweed and sponge (Vervoort 1972; Blanco 1976a, 1976b, 1980, 1994a; Galea & Schories 2012a p. 48–50; Galea et al. 2014 p. 36).