Lensia multicristata (Moser, 1925)

Synonyms in the area: Lensia multicristata forme typica Leloup (1934).

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Colombia, from 5°N to 3.1°N (Alvariño 1976), Chile, at 33ºS off Valparaíso (Ulloa et al. 2000; Palma & Silva 2006), at 36ºS off Concepción (R. Giesecke pers. comm.); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, from 10.4°N to 10.2°N in Cartagena Bay (Moncaleano & Niño 1976), off French Guiana (Leloup 1934; Leloupi & Hentschel 1935), Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 57ºS (Leloup & Hentschel 1935; Totton 1954; Alvariño 1968, 1971, 1981; Cordeiro & Montú 1991; Dias 1994; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Araujo 2006, 2012; Araujo et al. 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Bonecker et al. 2014; Nishiyama 2016).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, epipelagic, found in tropical, subtropical and temperate waters (Alvariño 1971; Pagès & Gili 1992; Pugh 1999; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014).