It is mainly found in waters with temperatures from 1-4 °C, but has also observed at sub-zero temperatures down to -2.1 °C. It has a circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere and is found in both the North Atlantic and the North Pacific oceans.
Habita principalmente en augas con temperaturas de 1 a 4 °C, pero tamén se ten observado en augas por debaixo dos cero graos, até os -4,5 °C. Ten unha distribución circumpolar no hemisferio norte, encontrándose tanto no Atlántico norte como no Pacífico norte.