Lensia leloupi Totton, 1954

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Colombia, at 7.5°N 78.6°W (Alvariño 1976); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, from 0º to 28ºS (Alvariño 1968, 1971; Cordeiro & Montú 1991; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Araujo 2006, 2012; Nishiyama 2016; Nishiyama et al. 2016).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic, epipelagic species (Pugh 1999; Araujo 2012; Nishiyama 2016).