Lensia hotspur Totton 1941
- Dataset
- Census of Cnidaria (Medusozoa) and Ctenophora from South American marine waters
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Hydrozoa
- order
- Siphonophorae
- family
- Diphyidae
- genus
- Lensia
- species
- Lensia hotspur
distribution
Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Peru, from 10 ° S to 16 ° S (IMARPE Database), Chile, at 23 ºS off Antofagasta (Palma & Apablaza 2004; Apablaza & Palma 2006), at 33 ºS off Valparaíso (Palma 1973, 1977, 1994; Ulloa et al. 2000; Apablaza & Palma 2006; Palma & Silva 2006); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, from 0 º to 43 ºS (Totton 1941; Alvariño 1971; Cordeiro & Montú 1991; Nogueira & Oliveira 1991; Dias 1994; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Araujo 2006, 2012; Araujo et al. 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Bonecker et al. 2014; Nishiyama 2016; Nishiyama et al. 2016). Habitat: neritic and oceanic species. Epipelagic, found in tropical and subtropical waters (Alvariño 1971; Pagès et al. 1991; Pagès & Gili 1992; Pugh 1999; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014).
Name
- Homonyms
- Lensia hotspur Totton 1941