Census of the Cnidaria (Ceriantharia and Medusozoa) and Ctenophora from South American marine waters.

ET ALLLI.; GENZANO G. N.; OLIVEIRA O.

ZOOTAXA

MAGNOLIA PRESS

Lugar: Auckland; Año: 2016 vol. 4194 p. 1 - 296

1175-5326

Wehave compiled available records in the literature for medusozoan cnidarians andctenophores of South America. New records of species are also included. Each entry(i.e., identified species or still as yet not determined species referred as?sp.? in the literature) includes a synonymy list for South America, taxonomicalremarks, notes on its habit, and information on its geographical occurrence. Wehave listed 800 unique determined species, in 958 morphotype entries: 5 cubozoans,905 hydrozoans, 25 scyphozoans, 3 staurozoans, and 20 ctenophores. Concerningnomenclatural and taxonomical decisions, we (Miranda & Marques) propose Hydractinia 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 PlumulariaspiralisMilstein, 1976 as a new junior synonym of Plumulariasetacea(Linnaeus, 1758). Finally, we also reassign Plumularia oligopyxisKirchenpauer, 1876 as Kirchenpaueria oligopyxis (Kirchenpauer, 1876) and Sertularellamargaritacea Allman, 1885 as Symplectoscyphus margaritaceus (Allman, 1885).