Dimophyes arctica (Chun, 1897)

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Chile, from 41°S to 55°S in the fjords and channels of southern Chile (Palma & Rosales 1997; Palma et al. 1999, 2007b, 2011, 2014a; Palma & Aravena 2001; Villenas et al. 2009); Atlantic Ocean, off French Guiana (Leloup 1934), Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 67ºS (Leloup 1934; Leloup & Hentschel 1935; Leloup 1955; Totton 1954; Alvariño 1968, 1971, 1981; Pugh 1999; Araujo 2006; Migotto et al. 2002; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Araujo 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species. Epi- mesopelagic distribution in tropical latitudes and epipelagic in high latitudes. Cosmopolitan. (Alvariño 1971; Pagès et al. 1992; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014).