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

Cestum veneris Lesueur, 1813 Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Chile, at 33°S near Valparaiso (specimens colleced in this study); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia to Brazil (Harbison et al. 1978; Mianzan 1999; Oliveira 2007; Oliveira et al. 2007). Habitat: epipelagic species, found in neritic and oceanic waters (Harbison et al. 1978; Oliveira 2007; Lindner 2014).