New records of Pegantha spp. (Hydrozoa: Narcomedusae) off Northern Brazil

Authors

  • Everton Giachini Tosetto Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Centro de Tecnologia e Geociências (CTG), Departamento de Oceanografia (DOCEAN) - Recife, PE, Brasil. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4020-0942
  • Sigrid Neumann-Leitão Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Centro de Tecnologia e Geociências (CTG), Departamento de Oceanografia (DOCEAN) - Recife, PE, Brasil. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7878-8772
  • Miodeli Nogueira Júnior Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza (CCEN), Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia (DSE) - João Pessoa, PB, Brasil. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5409-8312

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2018.58.49

Keywords:

Jellyfish, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Taxonomy, Biodiversity, South Atlantic

Abstract

Specimens of Pegantha laevis H.B. Bigelow, 1909 and Pegantha triloba Haeckel, 1879 were found in oceanic waters off the northern Brazilian coast. The former species is clearly distinct due to the thickness and shape of peripheral channels, while the latter is recognized mainly due to the exumbrellar furrows and long otoporpae. This study represents the first actual record of P. laevis inside the Brazilian Economic Exclusive zone, since previous reports were far away from the coast, and clarify the presence of P. triloba off Brazil.

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Author Biographies

  • Everton Giachini Tosetto, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Centro de Tecnologia e Geociências (CTG), Departamento de Oceanografia (DOCEAN) - Recife, PE, Brasil.

    Avenida Professor Moraes Rego, 1.235, Iputinga, CEP 50670‑901, Recife, PE, Brasil.

  • Sigrid Neumann-Leitão, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Centro de Tecnologia e Geociências (CTG), Departamento de Oceanografia (DOCEAN) - Recife, PE, Brasil.

    Avenida Professor Moraes Rego, 1.235, Iputinga, CEP 50670‑901, Recife, PE, Brasil.

  • Miodeli Nogueira Júnior, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza (CCEN), Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia (DSE) - João Pessoa, PB, Brasil.

    Campus I. Jardim Universitário, s/nº, Castelo Branco, CEP 58051‑900, João Pessoa, PB, Brasil.

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Tosetto, E. G., Neumann-Leitão, S., & Nogueira Júnior, M. (2018). New records of Pegantha spp. (Hydrozoa: Narcomedusae) off Northern Brazil. Papéis Avulsos De Zoologia, 58, e20185849. https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2018.58.49