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 180, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4194.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10068449

Heteropyramis maculata Moser, 1925 Synonyms in the area: Heteropyramis alcala Alvariño & Frankwick 1983. Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Chile, from 33ºS to 39ºS (Alvariño & Frankwick 1983; Ulloa et al. 2000); Atlantic Ocean, off French Guiana (Leloup 1934), Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 63ºS (Moser 1925; Leloup & Hentschel 1935; Bigelow & Sears 1937; Alvariño 1971; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Araujo 2012). Habitat: oceanic species, found in tropical, subtropical and temperate waters (Alvariño 1971; Pugh 1999; Araujo 2012).