Muggiaea kochii (Will, 1844)

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, off Peru (IMARPE database), Chile, at 23ºS (Bigelow 1911; Alvariño 1971); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, from 17°N to 11°N (Montecaleano & Niño 1976; Giraldo & Villalobos 1983; Domínguez 2002), Venezuela, in Gulf of Cariaco (Legaré 1961; Alvariño 1971), Brazil to Argentina, from 2ºN to 39ºS (Leloup 1934; Leloup & Hentschel 1935; Seguin 1965; Alvariño 1968, 1971, 1981; Abreu & Nogueira 1989; Cordeiro & Montú 1991; Nogueira & Oliveira 1991; Dias 1994; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Araujo 2006, 2012; Araujo et al. 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Nogueira Jr. 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014; Nogueira Jr. et al. 2015b; Nishiyama et al. 2016).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, epi- to mesopelagic, found in tropical, subtropical and temperate waters (Alvariño 1971, 1974; Abreu & Nogueira 1989; Nogueira & Oliveira 1991; Pugh 1999; Araujo 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014).