Rosacea plicata sensu Bigelow, 1911

Remarks: not Rosacea plicata Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 .

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Chile, from 23ºS to 46ºS (Palma 1973, 1977, 1994; Palma & Rosales 1995; Ulloa et al. 2000; Palma & Apablaza 2004; Apablaza & Palma 2006; Palma & Silva 2006; Palma et al. 2007b); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 65ºS (Alvariño 1968, 1971, 1981; Dias 1994; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Araujo 2006, 2012; Araujo et al. 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011; specimens collected in this study).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species, widely distributed in worldwide waters (Alvariño 1971; Alvariño et al. 1990; Pagès & Gili 1992; Araujo 2012).