“…The genus is represented by thirteen species occurring in the Caribbean Sea (e.g. van Soest, 1984, 1990; Zea, 1987), south-western Atlantic (Lerner et al , 2005; Muricy & Hajdu, 2006; Muricy et al , 2008), eastern Atlantic, western Indian Ocean, Indo-Pacific region, Western Australia (van Soest, 1990, 2002) and in the deep North Pacific (Lehnert et al , 2006; van Soest et al , 2011).…”