Halecium tenellum Hincks 1861
Creators: name: OLIVEIRA, OTTO M. P.
name: MIRANDA, THAÍS P.
name: ARAUJO, ENILMA M.
name: AYÓN, PATRICIA
name: CEDEÑO-POSSO, CRISTINA M.
name: CEPEDA-MERCADO, AMANCAY A.
name: CÓRDOVA, PABLO
name: CUNHA, AMANDA F.
name: GENZANO, GABRIEL N.
name: HADDAD, MARIA ANGÉLICA
name: MIANZAN, HERMES W.
name: MIGOTTO, ALVARO E.
name: MIRANDA, LUCÍLIA S.
name: MORANDINI, ANDRÉ C.
name: NAGATA, RENATO M.
name: NASCIMENTO, KARINE B.
name: JÚNIOR, MIODELI NOGUEIRA
name: PALMA, SERGIO
name: QUIÑONES, JAVIER
name: RODRIGUEZ, CAROLINA S.
name: SCARABINO, FABRIZIO
name: SCHIARITI, AGUSTÍN
name: STAMPAR, SÉRGIO N.
name: TRONOLONE, VALQUÍRIA B.
name: MARQUES, ANTONIO C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Hydrozoa
Leptothecata
Haleciidae
Halecium
Halecium tenellum

description: Halecium tenellum Hincks, 1861a
Synonyms in the area: Halecium tenue Fraser, 1938b; [polyp]; Halecium washingtoni —Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1939, 1948; Calder et al. 2003 [polyp].
Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, from 1.3°N to 1.4°S in Galápagos Archipelago, Peru, at 6.95°S 80.70°W in Isla Lobos de Afuera, at 15.33°S 75.16°W in Bahia San Juan, Chile, at 29.25°S 71.52°W, and from 41.77°S to 55.21°S (Jäderholm 1903 p. 267, 1905 p.13–14, 1910 p. 2; Hartlaub 1905 p. 609; Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1939, 1948; Leloup 1974 p. 11–12; Calder et al. 2003; Galea et al. 2007b p. 311, 316, 2007c p. 59–61; Galea & Schories 2012a p. 22, 24); Atlantic Ocean, at Curaçao Island, at Bonaire Island, Brazil to Argentina, at 8.71°S 35°W, from 23.5°S to 27.30°S, from 40° to 54ºS (Jäderholm 1905; Leloup 1935; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Blanco 1994a; Migotto 1996; Genzano & Zamponi 1997; Calder & Maÿal 1998; Migotto et al. 2002; Oliveira 2003; Miranda & Marques 2006, abstract; Oliveira et al. 2006; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Shimabukuro 2007; Cunha & Jacobucci 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Miranda et al. 2011, 2015; Marques et al. 2013; Fernandez et al. 2014, 2015).
Habitat: polyp—from intertidal zone to 835m depth, on algae, fouling, bryozoans, hydroids, Lophogorgia punicea, mud, mussels, Rhizophora mangle roots, Schizoporella unicornis, mud, shells, shellgravel, worm tubes (Jäderholm 1903 p. 267, 1905 p. 13–14, 1910 p. 2; Hartlaub 1905 p. 609; Fraser 1938a, 1938b; Leloup 1974 p. 11–12; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Blanco 1994a; Migotto 1996; Calder & Maÿal 1998; Calder et al. 2003; Oliveira 2003; Oliveira et al. 2006; Galea et al. 2007c p. 59–61; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2 0 11; Shimabukuro 2007; Cunha & Jacobucci 2010; Miranda et al. 2011; Fernandez et al. 2014, 2015).
description: Published as part of OLIVEIRA, OTTO M. P., MIRANDA, THAÍS P., ARAUJO, ENILMA M., AYÓN, PATRICIA, CEDEÑO-POSSO, CRISTINA M., CEPEDA-MERCADO, AMANCAY A., CÓRDOVA, PABLO, CUNHA, AMANDA F., GENZANO, GABRIEL N., HADDAD, MARIA ANGÉLICA, MIANZAN, HERMES W., MIGOTTO, ALVARO E., MIRANDA, LUCÍLIA S., MORANDINI, ANDRÉ C., NAGATA, RENATO M., NASCIMENTO, KARINE B., JÚNIOR, MIODELI NOGUEIRA, PALMA, SERGIO, QUIÑONES, JAVIER, RODRIGUEZ, CAROLINA S., SCARABINO, FABRIZIO, SCHIARITI, AGUSTÍN, STAMPAR, SÉRGIO N., TRONOLONE, VALQUÍRIA B. & MARQUES, ANTONIO C., 2016, Census of Cnidaria (Medusozoa) and Ctenophora from South American marine waters, pp. 1-256 in Zootaxa 4194 (1) on page 95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4194.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10068449