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Family: Hippothoidae (See list of species below)

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28 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Antarctothoa anneae []	No picture found Antarctothoa antarctica []	No picture found Antarctothoa bougainvillei [Bougainville's celleporella]
No picture found Antarctothoa cancinoi []	No picture found Antarctothoa delta []	No picture found Antarctothoa dictyota []
No picture found Antarctothoa mauricei []	No picture found Antarctothoa polystachya []	No picture found Celleporella alia []
No picture found Celleporella chiloensis []	No picture found Celleporella discreta []	No picture found Celleporella hyalina [Cosmopolitan Celleporella]
No picture found Celleporella patagonica []	No picture found Celleporella tehuelcha []	No picture found Celleporella yagana []
No picture found Chorizopora brongniartii []	No picture found Chorizopora ferocissima []	No picture found Chorizopora spicata []
No picture found Hippothoa calciophilia []	No picture found Hippothoa distans []	No picture found Hippothoa divaricata []
No picture found Hippothoa flagellum []	No picture found Hippothoa hyalina []	No picture found Hippothoa peristomata []
No picture found Plesiothoa australis []	No picture found Plesiothoa gigerium []	No picture found Trypostega striatula []
No picture found Trypostega venusta []

28 Species of Family Hippothoidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution
Antarctothoa anneae		Southwest Atlantic
Antarctothoa antarctica		Antarctic
Antarctothoa bougainvillei	Bougainville's celleporella	Southern Ocean. Temperat
Antarctothoa cancinoi		Southwest Atlantic
Antarctothoa delta		Southwest Pacific
Antarctothoa dictyota		Southwest Atlantic and An
Antarctothoa mauricei		Atlantic, Antarctic
Antarctothoa polystachya		Atlantic Antarctic
Celleporella alia		Southwest Atlantic and An
Celleporella chiloensis		Southwest Atlantic
Celleporella discreta		Southwest Atlantic, South
Celleporella hyalina	Cosmopolitan Celleporella	Northwest and Eastern Pac
Celleporella patagonica		Southwest Atlantic
Celleporella tehuelcha		Southwest Atlantic
Celleporella yagana		Southwest Atlantic
Chorizopora brongniartii		Southern Pacific, Southwe
Chorizopora ferocissima		Southwest Pacific
Chorizopora spicata		Southwest Pacific
Hippothoa calciophilia		Southwest Pacific
Hippothoa distans		Western Pacific
Hippothoa divaricata		Eastern Pacific, Southwes
Hippothoa flagellum		Indo-Pacific, Western Atl
Hippothoa hyalina		Arctic
Hippothoa peristomata		Southwest Pacific
Plesiothoa australis		Southwest Atlantic
Plesiothoa gigerium		Northeast Atlantic
Trypostega striatula		Western Central Atlantic
Trypostega venusta		Eastern Central Pacific,

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