Campanularia volubilis (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
- Campanularia
- species
- Campanularia volubilis
discussion
Remarks: according to Calder et al. (2003), the record given by Fraser (1938 a) may be a misidentification because the specimens are infertile and C. volubilis (Linnaeus, 1758) is a species of high latitudes and cold waters. Peña-Cantero et al. (2004) assigned the record given by Blanco (1964), with doubt, to the species Campanularia antarctica Stechow, 1922. Distribution in South America: polyp — Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, from 1 ° S to 1.5 ° S in Isla Floreana (Fraser 1938 a; Calder et al. 2003); Atlantic Ocean, Argentina, at Punta Peñas, San Julián coast (Blanco 1964; Genzano & Zamponi 1997). Habitat: polyp — low tide, on hydroids of the family Sertulariidae (Fraser 1938 a; Blanco 1964; Calder et al. 2003).