First occurrence of Beroe forskalii (Ctenophora) in South American Atlantic coastal waters, with notes on the use of macrociliary patterns for beroid identification

OTTO M.p. OLIVEIRA; ALVARO E. MIGOTTO

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3779.4.5

Issue: Vol. 3779 No. 4: 18 Mar. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-03-18

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3779.4.5

Page range: 470–476

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**First occurrence of Beroe forskalii (Ctenophora) in South American Atlantic coastal waters, with notes on the use of macrociliary patterns for beroid identification**

OTTO M.p. OLIVEIRA⁺⁻
ALVARO E. MIGOTTO⁺⁻

Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Universidade Federal do ABC, Rua Santa Adélia, 166, Bairro Bangu, 09210–170, Santo André, SP, Brazil.

Centro de Biologia Marinha, Universidade de São Paulo, Rod. Manoel H. do Rego, km 131.5, 11600–000, São Sebastião, SP, Brazil.

Beroidae comb jelly ctenophore gelatinous zooplankton Southwest Atlantic

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Abstract

Beroe forskalii Milne Edwards, 1841 is an oceanic ctenophore with a global distribution. The present study provides the first record of Beroe forskalii for the South American Atlantic coast, including a redescription of the species and a discussion on the utility of macrociliary patterns for the correct identification of at least some beroid species, exemplified by a comparison of the macrociliary patterns of Beroe forskalii and Beroe ovata (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821).