Western Atlantic: Florida, West Indies to Brazil (São Paulo). Central Atlantic: Ascension I. (Manning & Chace 1990; Melo 1996).
Occurrence in northern and northeastern Brazil: FN: Fausto Filho (1974); MA: Coelho & Ramos-Porto (1980); PI, CE, PB: Coelho Filho & Coelho (1996); PE: Rathbun (1930); AL: Rathbun (1900), as Eupanopeus harttii; BA: Smith (1869), as P.Harttii [sic].