Thyroscyphus ramosus Allman, 1877

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 : 133

Thyroscyphus ramosus Allman, 1877

Synonyms in the area:? Thyroscyphus torresii —Maÿal 1973 [polyp];? Thyroscyphus vitiensis —Maÿal 1973 [polyp].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, at Santa Marta coast, at La Goajira, Venezuela, at La Guaira, and at Los Testigos Island, Brazil, from 2.50°S to 4.50°S, from 6.80°S to 9.80°S, from 11.50°S to 18.70°S, at 21°S 40.25°W, from 22.50°S to 24°S (Allman 1888; Versluys 1899; Van Gemerden- Hoogeveen 1965; Vervoort 1967; Maÿal 1973; Bandel & Wedler 1987; Migotto 1996; Nogueira et al. 1997; Rosso & Marques 1997; Calder & Maÿal 1998; Migotto et al. 2002; Grohmann et al. 2003; Marques et al. 2006; Shimabukuro & Marques 2006b; Shimabukuro 2007; Campos & Alonso 2008, abstract; Maronna et al. 2008, abstract; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Miranda et al. 2015).

Habitat: polyp—in estuarine regions and rocky shores, from intertidal zone to 36m depth, on algae, artificial reefs of tires, rocks, sand, shell hash, sandstone reef, sponges, wood pilings (Allman 1888; Versluys 1899; Bandel & Wedler 1987; Migotto 1996; Calder & Maÿal 1998; Marques et al. 2006; Shimabukuro & Marques 2006b; Shimabukuro 2007).