%0 Journal Article %T First record of Eutonina scintillans Bigelow, 1909 (Hydrozoa: Leptomedusae: Eirenidae) in temperate waters of the southwestern Atlantic Ocean %A Rodriguez %A Carolina %A Genzano %A Gabriel %A Mianz¨˘n %A Hermes %J Investigaciones marinas %D 2007 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0717-71782007000200014 %X we herein report the leptomedusae eutonina scintillans (bigelow, 1909) for the buenos aires coast (38ˇăs) as a consequence of a research project dealing with hydromedusae distributions in the southwestern atlantic ocean (34ˇă-55ˇăs). this is the first record of this species, which was previously known for tropical waters (brazil, 16ˇăs), in the temperate waters of the south american atlantic ocean. possible reasons for its appearance so far south are discussed %K eutonina scintillans %K leptomedusae %K first record %K temperate waters %K southwestern atlantic ocean. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0717-71782007000200014&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en