Dipolydora socialis (Schmarda, 1861)

Type locality: Viña del Mar, Chile.

Type material: Lost?

Location and author of most recently described material: 1) Of type: Mesnil (1896); 2) California, USA (Blake 1996); no Australian material examined 3) Japan (Sato-Okoshi 2000).

Recorded distribution: Australia: New South Wales, Victoria. Sea of Japan; western Pacific; Japan; east and west coasts North America; Gulf of Mexico; Chile; Faulkland Islands.