Orthopyxis sargassicola (Nutting, 1915)

Synonyms in the area:? Campanularia lennoxensis —Stechow 1914, 1919 [polyp]; Campanularia sargassicola —Leloup 1935 [polyp]; Orthopyxis lennoxensis —Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1951a, 1951b [non Campanularia lennoxensis Jäderholm, 1903] [polyp];? Orthopyxis billardi Vannucci, 1954 [polyp]; Orthopyxis crenata —Vannucci 1954; Haddad, 1992 [polyp].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, at Aruba, at Curaçao, at Bonaire, Brazil, at 9.80°S 35.80°W, from 20.20°S to 21.70°S, from 23°S to 28.77°S, at 35°S 53.10°W (Stechow 1914, 1919; Leloup 1935; Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1951a, 1951b, 1954; Haddad, 1992; Migotto 1996; Grohmann 1997, 2006; Grohmann et al. 1997, 2003, 2008, abstract; Nogueira et al. 1997; Rosso & Marques 1997; Haddad & Chiaverini 2000, abstract; Haddad et al. 2000, abstract; Migotto et al. 2002; Oliveira 2003; Bornancin et al. 2006, abstract; Menon et al. 2006, abstract; Miranda & Marques 2006, abstract; Oliveira et al. 2006; Bornancin 2008; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Shimabukuro 2007; Maronna et al. 2008, abstract; Cunha & Jacobucci 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Miranda et al. 2011, 2015; Cunha et al. 2015).

Habitat: polyp—from intertidal zone to 2m depth, on algae, barnacles, mussels (Leloup 1935; Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1951b; Migotto 1996; Haddad & Chiaverini 2000; Haddad et al. 2000, abstract; Oliveira 2003; Menon et al. 2006; Oliveira et al. 2006; Bornancin 2008; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Shimabukuro 2007; Cunha & Jacobucci 2010; Miranda et al. 2011).