Geographical glossary
W South Africa, SW Indian (between 35°S-17°S), New Zealand, W Pacif. (Salomon Is.)
Type locality: 33°47'S, 15°39'E.
For Park (2000, p.127), this species occurs only subtropical and temperate regions of the Southern Hemisphere; taken in the southeastern Atlantic between 33°47' S and 30°23' S and between 02°55' W and 15°39' E; in the southeastern Pacific at 41°26' S, 176°04' E and 09°25' S, 159°06' E, respectively; in the southwestern Indian Ocean between 35°00' S and 17°03' S and between the east coast of Africa and 66°05' E.