Distribution : Fransen (2006: 53) - Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, plus Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Kenya to South Africa), east to Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, and French Polynesia. Also New Caledonia, western Samoa and South Atlantic Ocean (Tavares, 1999). - 185-1554m.
Selected Reference(s) Heterocarpus dorsalis. -
Crosnier, A., 1988b: 62, fig. 2-3. - French Polynesia
Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)Distribution & Ecology: Marquesas (Tahuata); Society (Tahiti); Tuamotu (Makemo) - Marine; Deep (680-1025m); Hard bottom.