Lacrimula affinis is found off eastern Australia.
Original description: Lacrimula affinis Bock & Cook, 2004
Locality: Off Nowra, NSW, Australia: 1096 m.
Holotype: NMV F98033
Reference: Bock, Philip E. & Cook, Patricia L., 2004.
New species of the bryozoan genera Batopora and Lacrimula (Batoporidae) from Australia.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 116 (2): 283-288.