Bryopesanser capitaneus is found from Makassar Strait, the Nansha Sea and the Solomon Islands.
Original description: Bryopesanser capitaneus Tilbrook, 2006
Locality: Strait of Makassar.
Holotype: BMNH 2000.2.23.8.
Description from Tilbrook, 2006. (PDF file)
Reference: Tilbrook, K. J., 2006. Cheilostomatous Bryozoa from the Solomon Islands.
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs 4 (Studies in Biodiversity Number 3) 4: 1-386.