Es troba a l'Atlàntic (des de l'Àrtic[5][6][7] i la península de Kanin fins a la mar Blanca,[8] el mar del Nord,[9][10][11][12][13] la mar Bàltica,[14][15][16][17] La Rochelle -França-, Islàndia,[19] l'oest de Groenlàndia,[20][21][22][23][24] la península del Labrador[25] -el Canadà-[26][27][28][29][30] i la badia de Delaware -els Estats Units-),[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46] el Pacífic oriental (des del mar de Bering, les illes Aleutianes i Alaska[47][48][49][50] fins al nord de Califòrnia[51] -els Estats Units-, incloent-hi la Colúmbia Britànica -el Canadà-)[52][53][27][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][58] i el Pacífic nord-occidental (el sud-est de Kamtxatka,[62][63] les illes Kurils, el mar del Japó,[64][65] el Japó -com ara, l'illa de Hokkaido-,[66][67][68][69] el nord del mar de la Xina Oriental, la península de Corea[70][71][72][73][74] i des de la mar Groga fins a la mar de Bohai -la Xina-).[75][76]
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