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Family: Nerillidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Leptonerilla diplocirrata []	No picture found Mesonerilla ecuadorensis []	No picture found Mesonerilla intermedia []
No picture found Mesonerilla prospera []	No picture found Nerilla antennata []	No picture found Nerilla marginalis []
No picture found Nerilla mediterranea []	No picture found Nerilla parva []	No picture found Nerilla stygicola []
No picture found Nerilla taurica []	No picture found Nerillidium gracile []	No picture found Nerillidium mediterraneum []
No picture found Nerillidium renaudae []	No picture found Nerillidium troglochaetoides []	No picture found Psammoriedlia ruperti []
No picture found Xenonerilla bactericola []

16 Species of Family Nerillidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Leptonerilla diplocirrata		Northwest Pacific
Mesonerilla ecuadorensis		Eastern Pacific
Mesonerilla intermedia		Mediterranean Sea.
Mesonerilla prospera		Western Central Atlantic
Nerilla antennata		Eastern Indian Ocean, Pac
Nerilla marginalis		Mediterranean Sea.
Nerilla mediterranea		Western Central Atlantic
Nerilla parva		Eastern Pacific
Nerilla stygicola		Mediterranean Sea.
Nerilla taurica		Mediterranean Sea.
Nerillidium gracile		Northeast Atlantic
Nerillidium mediterraneum		Mediterranean Sea.
Nerillidium renaudae		Western Central Pacific.
Nerillidium troglochaetoides		Northeast Atlantic
Psammoriedlia ruperti		Western Indian Ocean
Xenonerilla bactericola		Eastern Central Pacific.

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