Lensia cossack Totton, 1941

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Peru, from 5°S to 16°S (IMARPE database), Chile, at 23ºS off Antofagasta (Palma & Apablaza 2004), at 33ºS off Valparaíso (Palma & Silva 2006); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 42ºS (Totton 1941; Alvariño 1968, 1 971, 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; Nishiyama 2016; Nishiyama et al. 2016).

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