Pyrostephos vanhoeffeni Moser 1925
- Dataset
- Census of Cnidaria (Medusozoa) and Ctenophora from South American marine waters
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Hydrozoa
- order
- Siphonophorae
- family
- Pyrostephidae
- genus
- Pyrostephos
- species
- Pyrostephos vanhoeffeni
distribution
Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Chile, at 33 ºS off Valparaiso (Palma & Rosales 1995), at the fjords and channels of southern Chile (Palma & Rosales 1997; Palma et al. 1999, 2007 b, 2011, 2014 a; Palma & Aravena 2001; Palma & Silva 2004; Villenas et al. 2009); Atlantic Ocean, Argentina, from 39 º to 65 ºS (Alvariño 1981; Pugh 1999; Guerrero et al. 2010; Araujo 2012; specimens collected in this study). Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, restricted to Antarctic and Subantarctic waters (Totton 1965; Alvariño 1981; Pugh 1999; Palma & Silva 2004; Guerrero et al. 2010; Araujo 2012).
Name
- Homonyms
- Pyrostephos vanhoeffeni Moser 1925