Eudoxoides spiralis (Bigelow, 1911)

Synonyms in the area: Muggiaea spiralis —Leloup 1932.

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Colombia, from 7.1°N to 1.5°N (Cely & Chiquillo 1993), Peru, from 13°S to 17°S (IMARPE database), Chile, from 20ºS to 55ºS (Leloup 1932; Palma 1973, 1977, 1985, 1994; Palma & Rosales 1995; Ulloa et al. 2000; Pagès et al. 2001; Palma & Apablaza 2004; Apablaza & Palma 2006; Palma & Silva 2006), in the fjords and channels of southern Chile (Palma & Rosales 1997; Palma et al. 1999, 2007b; Palma & Aravena 2001); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, at 11.2°N 74.2°W off Gaira Inlet (Domínguez 2002), off French Guiana (Leloup 1934), Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 60ºS (Moser 1925; Leloup 1933 1955; Seguin 1965; Alvariño 1968, 1971, 1981; Abreu & Nogueira 1989; Cordeiro & Montú 1991; Nogueira & Oliveira 1991; Dias 1994; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Araujo 2003, 2006, 2012; Araujo et al. 2010; Nogueira Jr. et al. 2015b).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, found in tropical, subtropical and temperate waters (Alvariño 1971; Abreu & Nogueira 1989; Cordeiro & Montú 1991; Nogueira & Oliveira 1991; Pagés & Gili 1992; Pugh 1999; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012)