Geographical glossary
Atlant. (S-N), W Gulf of Guinea, SW Indian, Malay Archipelago, China Seas (East China Sea, South China Sea), Pacif. (E-W: 40° N - S)
Type locality: 79,01°10'N, 11°36'W.
For Park (2000, p.126), this species has an extremely wide distribution, taken in the Atlantic between 35°19' S and 63°24' N; throughout the Pacific between 41°27' S and 40°35' N, and from the west coast of the America westward to the Malay Archipelago and East and South China Seas; also in the Indian Ocean at 28°05' S, 66°05' E.