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Family: Phyllodocidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Alciopa pacifica []	No picture found Alciopa reynaudi []	No picture found Alciopina parasitica []
No picture found Anaitides groenlandica []	No picture found Anaitides madeirensis []	No picture found Anaitides medipapillata []
No picture found Anaitides multiseriata []	No picture found Anaitides papillosa []	No picture found Anaitides subulifera []
No picture found Anaitides williamsi []	No picture found Austrophyllum charcoti []	No picture found Austrophylum exsilium []
No picture found Bergstroemia nigrimaculata []	No picture found Chaetoparia nilssoni []	No picture found Corynocephalus paumotanus []
No picture found Eteone aestuarina []	No picture found Eteone balboensis []	No picture found Eteone californica []
No picture found Eteone dilatae []	No picture found Eteone flava []	No picture found Eteone foliosa []
No picture found Eteone heteropoda []	No picture found Eteone lactea []	No picture found Eteone lighti []
No picture found Eteone longa []	No picture found Eteone ornata []	No picture found Eteone pacifica []
No picture found Eteone pusilla []	No picture found Eteone sculpta []	No picture found Eteone spetsbergensis []
No picture found Eteone spilotus []	No picture found Eteone tuberculata []	No picture found Eulalia anoculata []
No picture found Eulalia bilineata []	No picture found Eulalia brunnea []	No picture found Eulalia clavigera []
No picture found Eulalia expusilla []	No picture found Eulalia hutchinsonensis []	No picture found Eulalia levicornuta []
No picture found Eulalia magalaensis []	No picture found Eulalia microphylla []	No picture found Eulalia mustela []
No picture found Eulalia myriacyclum []	No picture found Eulalia myriacyda []	No picture found Eulalia papillosa []
No picture found Eulalia quadrioculata []	No picture found Eulalia sanguinea []	No picture found Eulalia subulifera []
No picture found Eulalia tripunctata []	No picture found Eulalia uschakovi []	No picture found Eulalia varia []
Eulalia viridis [Greenleaf worm]	No picture found Eumida alvini []	No picture found Eumida bahusiensis []
No picture found Eumida bifoliata []	No picture found Eumida longicornuta []	No picture found Eumida minuta []
No picture found Eumida muriatica []	No picture found Eumida punctifera []	No picture found Eumida sanguinea [Blood-colored phyllodocid worm]
No picture found Eumida tubiformis []	No picture found Eumida venustissima []	No picture found Galapagomystides aristata []
No picture found Galapagomystides verenae []	No picture found Genetyllis castanea []	No picture found Genetyllis polyphylla []
No picture found Hesionura augeneri []	No picture found Hesionura coineaui []	No picture found Hesionura elongata []
No picture found Hesionura fragilis []	No picture found Hesionura laubieri []	No picture found Hesionura serrata []
No picture found Krohnia hamata []	No picture found Krohnia lepidota []	No picture found Lugia pterophora []
No picture found Mysta barbata []	No picture found Mysta ornata []	No picture found Mysta picta []
No picture found Mysta siphodonta []	No picture found Mysta tchangsii []	No picture found Mystides angolaensis []
No picture found Mystides borealis []	No picture found Mystides caeca []	No picture found Mystides limbata []
No picture found Mystides schroederae []	No picture found Mystides southerni []	No picture found Naiades cantraini []
No picture found Naiades cantrainii []	No picture found Nereiphylla castanea []	No picture found Nereiphylla fragilis [Green oyster worm]
No picture found Nereiphylla gruai []	No picture found Nereiphylla magnaoculata []	No picture found Nereiphylla mimica []
No picture found Nereiphylla paretti []	No picture found Nereiphylla pusilla []	No picture found Nereiphylla rubiginosa []
No picture found Notophyllum foliosum []	No picture found Notophyllum splendens []	No picture found Paranaitis bowersi []
No picture found Paranaitis gardineri []	No picture found Paranaitis kosteriensis []	No picture found Paranaitis papillosa []
No picture found Paranaitis polynoides []	No picture found Paranaitis speciosa []	No picture found Paranaitis wahlbergi []
No picture found Paranaitis zeylanica []	No picture found Phyllodoce arenae []	No picture found Phyllodoce bulbosa []
No picture found Phyllodoce chinensis []	No picture found Phyllodoce citrina []	No picture found Phyllodoce cuspidata []
No picture found Phyllodoce dissotyla []	No picture found Phyllodoce erythraeensis []	No picture found Phyllodoce erythrophylla []
No picture found Phyllodoce ferruginea []	No picture found Phyllodoce fristedti []	No picture found Phyllodoce gracilis []
Phyllodoce groenlandica []	No picture found Phyllodoce hartmanae []	No picture found Phyllodoce hiatti []
No picture found Phyllodoce lamelligera []	No picture found Phyllodoce laminosa []	No picture found Phyllodoce lineata []
No picture found Phyllodoce longifrons []	No picture found Phyllodoce longipes []	No picture found Phyllodoce macrolepidota []
No picture found Phyllodoce maculata []	No picture found Phyllodoce madeirensis []	No picture found Phyllodoce malmgreni []
No picture found Phyllodoce monroi []	No picture found Phyllodoce mucosa []	No picture found Phyllodoce panamensis []
No picture found Phyllodoce patagonica []	No picture found Phyllodoce quadraticeps []	No picture found Phyllodoce rosea []
No picture found Phyllodoce sanctijosephi []	No picture found Phyllodoce schmardaei []	No picture found Phyllodoce tenuissima []
No picture found Phyllodoce tortugae []	No picture found Phyllodoce violacea []	No picture found Pirakia punctifera []
No picture found Plotohelmis alata []	No picture found Plotohelmis capitata []	No picture found Plotohelmis tenuis []
No picture found Protomystides bidentata []	No picture found Protomystides confusa []	No picture found Protomystides papillosa []
No picture found Pseudomystides limbata []	No picture found Pseudomystides spinachia []	No picture found Pterocirrus foliosus []
No picture found Pterocirrus limbata []	No picture found Pterocirrus macroceros []	No picture found Pterocirrus parvoseta []
No picture found Rhynchonereella gracilis []	No picture found Rhynchonereella moebii []	No picture found Rhynchonereella petersii []
No picture found Rhynchonereella xishaensis []	No picture found Rhynchonerella angelini []	No picture found Rhynchonerella bongraini []
No picture found Rhynchonerella cincinnata []	No picture found Sige belizensis []	No picture found Sige bifoliata []
No picture found Sige brunnea []	No picture found Sige californiensis []	No picture found Sige fusigera []
No picture found Sige parvicirrus []	No picture found Steggoa hunteri []	No picture found Steggoa peruana []
No picture found Torrea candida []	No picture found Torrea pelagica []	No picture found Vanadis crystallina []
No picture found Vanadis formosa []	No picture found Vanadis fuscapunctata []	No picture found Vanadis longissima []
No picture found Vanadis melanopthalmus []	No picture found Vanadis minuta []	No picture found Vanadis studeri []
No picture found Vanadis tagensis []

178 Species of Family Phyllodocidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Alciopa pacifica		Eastern Central Pacific
Alciopa reynaudi		Eastern Pacific and Atlan
Alciopina parasitica		Indo-Pacific, Western Atl
Anaitides groenlandica		Eastern Pacific, Northeas
Anaitides madeirensis		Circumglobal in tropical	9 BL
Anaitides medipapillata		Eastern Pacific
Anaitides multiseriata		Eastern Pacific
Anaitides papillosa		Northwest Pacific
Anaitides subulifera		Northeast Atlantic
Anaitides williamsi		Eastern Pacific
Austrophyllum charcoti		Southeast Pacific and Ant
Austrophylum exsilium		Eastern Pacific
Bergstroemia nigrimaculata		Eastern Pacific
Chaetoparia nilssoni		Mediterranean Sea.
Corynocephalus paumotanus		Eastern Pacific
Eteone aestuarina		Eastern Pacific
Eteone balboensis		Eastern Pacific
Eteone californica		Eastern Pacific
Eteone dilatae		Eastern Pacific
Eteone flava		Indo-West Pacific, Arctic
Eteone foliosa		Atlantic Ocean and the Me
Eteone heteropoda		Western Central Atlantic
Eteone lactea		Atlantic Ocean and the Me
Eteone lighti		Eastern Pacific
Eteone longa		Pacific Ocean, Arctic, No
Eteone ornata		Western Indian Ocean
Eteone pacifica		Eastern Pacific
Eteone pusilla		Northern Atlantic
Eteone sculpta		Southeast Pacific and Ant
Eteone spetsbergensis		Arctic, Northern Atlantic
Eteone spilotus		Northeast Pacific
Eteone tuberculata		Northeast Pacific
Eulalia anoculata		Eastern Pacific
Eulalia bilineata		Indo-Pacific, Arctic, Atl
Eulalia brunnea		Mediterranean Sea.
Eulalia clavigera		Mediterranean Sea.
Eulalia expusilla		Mediterranean Sea.
Eulalia hutchinsonensis		Western Central Atlantic
Eulalia levicornuta		Northeast Pacific
Eulalia magalaensis		Antarctic and Indo-Pacifi
Eulalia microphylla		Western Central Pacific.
Eulalia mustela		Mediterranean Sea.
Eulalia myriacyclum		Western Central Atlantic
Eulalia myriacyda		Western Central Atlantic
Eulalia papillosa		Eastern Central Pacific.
Eulalia quadrioculata		Northeast Pacific
Eulalia sanguinea		Eastern Pacific.
Eulalia subulifera		Antarctic Atlantic
Eulalia tripunctata		Mediterranean Sea.
Eulalia uschakovi		Eastern Pacific
Eulalia varia		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Eulalia viridis	Greenleaf worm	Arctic, Atlantic Ocean, t
Eumida alvini		Western Central Atlantic
Eumida bahusiensis		Northeast Atlantic
Eumida bifoliata		Eastern Pacific
Eumida longicornuta		Northeast Pacific
Eumida minuta		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Eumida muriatica		Western Central Atlantic
Eumida punctifera		Atlantic Ocean.
Eumida sanguinea	Blood-colored phyllodocid worm	Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Paci	6 TL
Eumida tubiformis		Northeast Pacific
Eumida venustissima		Mediterranean Sea.
Galapagomystides aristata		Southern Pacific.
Galapagomystides verenae		Northeast Pacific.
Genetyllis castanea		Indo-West Pacific and the
Genetyllis polyphylla		Antarctic
Hesionura augeneri		Northeast Atlantic
Hesionura coineaui		Western Central Atlantic
Hesionura elongata		Atlantic Ocean and the Me	2 TL
Hesionura fragilis		Western Central Atlantic
Hesionura laubieri		Western Central Atlantic
Hesionura serrata		Western Indian Ocean and
Krohnia hamata		Arctic
Krohnia lepidota		Western Central Atlantic
Lugia pterophora		Mediterranean Sea.
Mysta barbata		Arctic and Northern Atlan
Mysta ornata		Western Pacific
Mysta picta		Northeast Atlantic, Medit
Mysta siphodonta		Western Pacific and the M
Mysta tchangsii		Northwest Pacific
Mystides angolaensis		Western Central Pacific
Mystides borealis		Atlantic, Arctic Oceans a
Mystides caeca		Mediterranean Sea.
Mystides limbata		Northeast Atlantic
Mystides schroederae		Eastern Central Pacific
Mystides southerni		Northeast Atlantic and Ea	0.55 TL
Naiades cantraini		Western Central Atlantic
Naiades cantrainii		Western Pacific and the M
Nereiphylla castanea		Indo-Pacific and Western
Nereiphylla fragilis	Green oyster worm	Western Central Atlantic
Nereiphylla gruai		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Nereiphylla magnaoculata		Western Central Atlantic
Nereiphylla mimica		Western Central Atlantic
Nereiphylla paretti		Western Central Atlantic,
Nereiphylla pusilla		Mediterranean Sea.
Nereiphylla rubiginosa		Mediterranean Sea.
Notophyllum foliosum		Northeast Atlantic and th
Notophyllum splendens		Southeast Atlantic and In
Paranaitis bowersi		Antarctic Atlantic
Paranaitis gardineri		Western Central Atlantic
Paranaitis kosteriensis		Mediterranean
Paranaitis papillosa		Western Central Atlantic
Paranaitis polynoides		Western Central Atlantic
Paranaitis speciosa		Western Central Atlantic
Paranaitis wahlbergi		Arctic and the Mediterran
Paranaitis zeylanica		Western Central Pacific
Phyllodoce arenae		Western Central Atlantic
Phyllodoce bulbosa		Southeast Pacific
Phyllodoce chinensis		Northwest Pacific
Phyllodoce citrina		Arctic, Northern Pacific
Phyllodoce cuspidata		Northeast Pacific
Phyllodoce dissotyla		Indo-West Pacific
Phyllodoce erythraeensis		Western Indian Ocean
Phyllodoce erythrophylla		Western Central Atlantic
Phyllodoce ferruginea		Eastern Pacific
Phyllodoce fristedti		Indo-West Pacific
Phyllodoce gracilis		Indo-West Pacific
Phyllodoce groenlandica		Eastern Pacific, Atlantic
Phyllodoce hartmanae		Northeast Pacific
Phyllodoce hiatti		Eastern Central Pacific
Phyllodoce lamelligera		Pacific Ocean
Phyllodoce laminosa		Northeast Atlantic, Medit
Phyllodoce lineata		Northeast Atlantic, Medit
Phyllodoce longifrons		Western Indian Ocean
Phyllodoce longipes		Atlantic Ocean, the Medit
Phyllodoce macrolepidota		Indo-Pacific
Phyllodoce maculata		Arctic, Atlantic Ocean, M
Phyllodoce madeirensis		Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc
Phyllodoce malmgreni		Indo-West Pacific
Phyllodoce monroi		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Phyllodoce mucosa		Eastern Pacific, Atlantic
Phyllodoce panamensis		Western Central Atlantic
Phyllodoce patagonica		Antarctic Atlantic
Phyllodoce quadraticeps		Indo-West Pacific
Phyllodoce rosea		Northeast Atlantic and th
Phyllodoce sanctijosephi		Western Indian Ocean
Phyllodoce schmardaei		Western Central Pacific
Phyllodoce tenuissima		Indo-West Pacific
Phyllodoce tortugae		Western Central Atlantic
Phyllodoce violacea		Western Central Pacific
Pirakia punctifera		Mediterranean Sea.
Plotohelmis alata		Eastern Pacific
Plotohelmis capitata		Northeast Atlantic, Indo-
Plotohelmis tenuis		Western Central Atlantic,
Protomystides bidentata		Western Central Atlantic
Protomystides confusa		Western Central Atlantic
Protomystides papillosa		Eastern Pacific
Pseudomystides limbata		Mediterranean Sea.
Pseudomystides spinachia		Mediterranean Sea.
Pterocirrus foliosus		Western Central Atlantic
Pterocirrus limbata		Mediterranean
Pterocirrus macroceros		Indo-Pacific, Western Cen
Pterocirrus parvoseta		Northeast Pacific
Rhynchonereella gracilis		Indo-Pacific and the Medi
Rhynchonereella moebii		Western Central Atlantic,
Rhynchonereella petersii		Western Central Atlantic,
Rhynchonereella xishaensis		Northwest Pacific
Rhynchonerella angelini		Western Central Atlantic
Rhynchonerella bongraini		Antarctic
Rhynchonerella cincinnata		Eastern Pacific
Sige belizensis		Western Central Atlantic
Sige bifoliata		Eastern Pacific
Sige brunnea		Eastern Pacific
Sige californiensis		Eastern Pacific
Sige fusigera		Mediterranean Sea.
Sige parvicirrus		Western Central Atlantic
Steggoa hunteri		Antarctic Atlantic
Steggoa peruana		Eastern Pacific
Torrea candida		Indo-Pacific and the Medi
Torrea pelagica		Southeast Pacific.
Vanadis crystallina		Indo-Pacific, Western Cen
Vanadis formosa		Indo-Pacific, Western Cen
Vanadis fuscapunctata		Western Central Atlantic
Vanadis longissima		Eastern Pacific
Vanadis melanopthalmus		Western Central Atlantic
Vanadis minuta		Western Central Atlantic
Vanadis studeri		Eastern Pacific
Vanadis tagensis		Eastern Pacific

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