Lensia conoidea (Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860)

Synonyms in the area: Lensia truncata —Leloup 1934; Galeolaria truncata —Leloup 1932; Hardy & Gunther 1935.

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Chile, from 33ºS (Valparaíso) to 55ºS (Cape Horn) (Leloup 1932; Palma 1973, 1977, 1994; Palma & Rosales 1997; Palma et al. 1999, 2007b, 2011, 2014a; Ulloa et al. 2000; Palma & Aravena 2001; Villenas et al. 2009); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, from 17°N to 11°N off San Andrés and Providencia Island between (Giraldo & Villalobos 1983), from 10.4°N to 10.2°N in Cartagena Bay (Moncaleano & Niño 1976), off French Guiana (Leloup & Hentschel 1935), Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 60ºS, and eastern Falklands (Malvinas) Islands (Leloup 1934; Hardy & Gunther 1935; Leloup & Hentschel 1935; Alvariño 1968, 1971, 1981; Nogueira & Oliveira 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, temperate and subantarctic waters (Alvariño 1971; Pugh 1999; Pagès & Gili 1992; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014; Nishiyama 2016; Nishiyama et al. 2016). This species is rare in the coastal waters of northern and central Chile, but is very abundant in the fjords and channels of southern Chile .