Distribution: off south-western Cape; 2,780-2871 m. Previous south African records are those from Hansen (1975), but ... [details]
Distribution: Cosmopolitan; 1,873-4,700 m. (Thandar, 1999). [details]
No previous southern African records. General distribution: East Atlantic (Thandar, 1999). [details]
Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: North Atlantic (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Type specie of the genus Benthodytes Théel, 1882 (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]