Amphicaryon peltifera (Haeckel, 1888)

Distribution in South America: Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 38ºS (Dias 1994; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Silveira & Morandini 2011).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical waters (Pugh & Gasca 2009).