Obelia geniculata (Linnaeus 1758) Linnaeus 1758
- Dataset
- Census of Cnidaria (Medusozoa) and Ctenophora from South American marine waters
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Hydrozoa
- order
- Leptothecata
- family
- Campanulariidae
- genus
- Obelia
- species
- Obelia geniculata
distribution
Distribution in South America: polyp — Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, from 0.35 ° N to 1.24 ° S in Galápagos Archipelago, Peru, at 12.01 ° S 77.21 ° W in Callao, at 15.33 ° S 75.16 ° W in Bahia San Juan (Fraser 1938 a, 1938 b, 1939; Calder et al. 2003); Chile, from 22.08 ° S to 55.37 ° S (Jäderholm 1904 b p. 2 – 3; Hartlaub 1904 p. 6, 1905 p. 581 – 582; Nutting 1915 p. 73 – 76; Leloup 1974 p. 19 – 21; Orejas et al. 2000; Galea 2007 p. 93 – 94; Galea et al. 2007 a p. 161, 2007 b p. 312, 2009 a p. 323); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, from Santa Marta to Bahia Honda coast, Brazil to Argentina, at 9.80 ° S 35.80 ° W, from 20 ° S to 28.77 ° S, from 32 ° S to 56 ° S, at Tierra del Fuego, at Malvinas (Falkland) Islands and at South Georgia Island (Meyen 1834; Allman 1888; Versluys 1899; Hartlaub 1904, 1905; Jäderholm 1903, 1905, 1910; Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1949, 1950, 1951 a; Blanco 1964; Wedler 1975; Blanco & Morris 1977; Bandel & Wedler 1987; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Genzano et al. 1991; Haddad 1992; Migotto 1996; Genzano & Zamponi 1997; Grohmann 1997, 2006; Grohmann et al. 1997, 2003; Haddad & Chiaverini 2000, abstract; Haddad et al. 2000, abstract; Migotto et al. 2002; Oliveira 2003; Seo 2003; Oliveira et al. 2006; Menon et al. 2006, abstract; Bornancin 2008; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Shimabukuro 2007; Maronna et al. 2008, abstract; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Miranda et al. 2011, 2015; Marques et al. 2013); medusa — Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, at 20.550 ° S 40.233 ° W, at 20.833 ° S 40.000 ° W, at 24.183 ° S 46.783 ° W, at 25.833 ° S 48.583 ° W (Vannucci 1951 a). Habitat: polyp — from intertidal zone to 1200 m depth, on Macrocystis pyrifera, carapace of Eurypodius latreillii, mussels, hydroids (Allman 1888; Versluys 1899; Hartlaub 1904 p. 6; Jäderholm 1904 b p. 2 – 3; Fraser 1938 a, 1938 b; Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1949; Leloup 1974 p. 19 – 21; Blanco & Morris 1977; Bandel & Wedler 1987; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Haddad 1992; Migotto 1996; Haddad & Chiaverini 2000; Calder et al. 2003; Oliveira 2003; Oliveira et al. 2006; Grohmann 2006; Menon et al. 2006; Bornancin 2008; Galea 2007 p. 93 – 94; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Shimabukuro 2007; Miranda et al. 2011). Obelia longa Stechow, 1921 c Distribution in South America: polyp — Atlantic Ocean, Argentina, at 39.03 ° S 55.65 ° W, at 46 ° S 66 ° W (Genzano et al. 1991, 2009 a; Genzano & Zamponi 1997, 2003; Zamponi et al. 1998). Habitat: from 87 to 200 m depth (Zamponi et al. 1998; Genzano et al. 1991, 2009 a; Genzano & Zamponi 2003).