Distribution in South America: medusa—Pacific Ocean, Colombia to Chile, from 20°N to 55.84°S (Kramp 1952, 1966; Fagetti 1973 p. 46–47; Alvariño 1976; Segura-Puertas 1984; Cely & Chiquillo 1993; Palma 1994; Palma & Rosales 1995; Pagès & Orejas 1999; Pagès, et al. 2001; Palma & Apablaza 2004; Apablaza & Palma 2006; Baldrich 2007; Galea 2007 p. 96; Palma et al. 2007a p. 70, 2007b p. 75–76, 2011; Villenas et al. 2009; IMARPE database of zooplankton); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia to Uruguay, from 10.42°N to 35°S, at Strait of Magellan, Malvinas (Falkland) Islands and Antarctic waters (Kramp 1957; Vannucci 1957a; Alvariño 1968; Moreira 1973; Navas-Pereira 1974, 1981; Moncaleano & Niño 1976; Ramírez & Zamponi 1980, 1981; Correia 1983; Zamponi 1983a, 1985; Pagès & Orejas 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Tronolone 2008; Genzano et al. 2008a; Nascimento 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Bonecker et al. 2014; Gusmão et al. 2015; Nogueira Jr. et al. 2015b).
Habitat: medusa—from 10 to 1200m depth, stenohaline and eurythermic species (Vannucci 1957a; Navas- Pereira 1974; Bonecker et al. 2014).