Artículos de revistas
Census of Cnidaria (Medusozoa) and Ctenophora from South American marine waters
Fecha
2016-11-18Registro en:
Zootaxa, v. 4194, n. 1, p. 1-256, 2016.
1175-5334
1175-5326
10.11646/zootaxa.4194.1.1
2-s2.0-84996538872
Autor
Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC)
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Faculdade Pitágoras de Feira de Santana
Instituto del Mar del Peru
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras 'Jose Benito Vives de Andréis'-INVEMAR
ProCAT Colombia/Internacional
Escuela de Ciencias del Mar
Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata
Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)
Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero
Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB)
Instituto del Mar del Perú
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
(IIMyC)
Institución
Resumen
We have compiled available records in the literature for medusozoan cnidarians and ctenophores of South America. New records of species are also included. Each entry (i.e., identified species or still as yet not determined species referred to as sp. in the literature) includes a synonymy list for South America, taxonomical remarks, notes on habit, and information on geographical occurrence. We have listed 800 unique determined species, in 958 morphotype entries: 5 cubozoans, 905 hydrozoans, 25 scyphozoans, 3 staurozoans, and 20 ctenophores. Concerning nomenclatural and taxonomical decisions, two authors of this census (Miranda, T.P. & Marques, A.C.) propose Podocoryna quitus as a nomen novum for the junior homonym Hydractinia reticulata (Fraser, 1938a); Euphysa monotentaculata Zamponi, 1983b as a new junior synonym of Euphysa aurata Forbes, 1848; and Plumularia spiralis Milstein, 1976 as a new junior synonym of Plumularia setacea(Linnaeus, 1758). Finally, we also reassign Plumularia oligopyxis Kirchenpauer, 1876 as Kirchenpaueria oligopyxis(Kirchenpauer, 1876) and Sertularella margaritacea Allman, 1885 as Symplectoscyphus margaritaceus (Allman, 1885).