Gossea brachymera Bigelow, 1909a

Synonyms in the area:? Octobulbacea montehermosensis Zamponi, 1983b; Genzano et al. 2008a [medusa].

Distribution in South America: medusa—Pacific Ocean, Chile, from 33°S to 46°S (Fagetti 1973 p. 41; Palma et al. 2007a); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, from 25.80°S to 26.5°S, from 29°S to 35°S, from 37.14ºS to 39.84ºS, and near entrance of Strait of Magellan (Kramp 1957; Vannucci & Tundisi 1962; Navas-Pereira 1974, 1981; Migotto et al. 2002; Nogueira Jr. 2006; Genzano et al. 2008a; Nogueira Jr. 2012; Nagata et al. 2014a; Nogueira Jr. et al. 2015a).

Habitat: medusa—stenohaline and eurythermic species, from 2 to 38m depth (Kramp 1957; Navas-Pereira 1974).