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Systematic Account
Distribution
H. sl!inifron.s is reported from temperate and
tro~Ical regions of the Atlantic, Pacific and
IndIan Oceans and the Mediterranean Sea. It
has a. very wide depth range of occurrence
from Just below the surface in some areas to
more th~n 1000 m in other oceans (Sewell
1947; Gnce and Hiilsemann 1965; Roe 1972;
Scotto di Carlo et al. 1984). The species has
previously been found both off the Chilean
coast (Fagetti 1962) and in the fjord region of
southern Chile (Arcos 1974). In the present
study, H. spinifrons was found from 100500 m in the central Pacific area and at one
station from 100-150 m in the Central area of
the Straits of Magellan.
Systematic Account
Distribution
H. sl!inifron.s is reported from temperate and
tro~Ical regions of the Atlantic, Pacific and
IndIan Oceans and the Mediterranean Sea. It
has a. very wide depth range of occurrence
from Just below the surface in some areas to
more th~n 1000 m in other oceans (Sewell
1947; Gnce and Hiilsemann 1965; Roe 1972;
Scotto di Carlo et al. 1984). The species has
previously been found both off the Chilean
coast (Fagetti 1962) and in the fjord region of
southern Chile (Arcos 1974). In the present
study, H. spinifrons was found from 100500 m in the central Pacific area and at one
station from 100-150 m in the Central area of
the Straits of Magellan.