Lensia subtilis (Chun, 1886)

Synonyms in the area: Diphyes lensia —Nogueira & Oliveira (1991).

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Colombia, at 5°N 77°W (Cely & Chiquillo 1993), Chile, at 23ºS off Antofagasta (Pagès et al. 2001; Palma & Apablaza 2004; Apablaza & Palma 2006), at 33ºS off Valparaíso, and from 47.801°S to 49.496°S in the Patagonian interior waters (Palma & Rosales 1995; Palma et al. 2014a).; Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, at 11.2°N 74.2°W in Gaira Inlet (Domínguez 2002), off French Guiana (Leloup 1934), Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 48ºS (Leloup 1934; Alvariño 1968, 1971, 1981; Cordeiro & Montú 1991; Nogueira & Oliveira 1991; Dias 1994; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Araujo 2006, 2012; Araujo et al. 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Bonecker et al. 2014; Nogueira Jr. et al. 2015b; Nishiyama 2016; Nishiyama et al. 2016).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, epi- to mesopelagic, found in tropical, subtropical and temperate waters (Alvariño 1971; Nogueira & Oliveira 1991; Pagès & Gili 1992; Pugh 1999; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014).