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Family: Terebellidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Amaeana antipoda []	No picture found Amaeana apheles []	No picture found Amaeana occidentalis []
No picture found Amaeana trilobata []	No picture found Amphitrite birulai []	No picture found Amphitrite brunnea []
No picture found Amphitrite cirrata []	No picture found Amphitrite figulus []	No picture found Amphitrite gracilis []
Amphitrite johnstoni [Johnston's ornate worm]	No picture found Amphitrite kerguelensis []	No picture found Amphitrite lobocephala []
No picture found Amphitrite oculata []	No picture found Amphitrite ornata [Ornate terebellid worm]	No picture found Amphitrite rubra []
No picture found Amphitrite scylla []	No picture found Amphitrite variabilis []	No picture found Amphitritides brunneocomata []
No picture found Amphitritides gracilis []	No picture found Amphitritides kuehlmanni []	No picture found Artacama challengeriae []
No picture found Artacama coniferi []	No picture found Artacama proboscidea []	No picture found Artacamella hancocki []
No picture found Axionice flexuosa []	No picture found Axionice maculata []	No picture found Betapista dekkerae []
No picture found Biremis blandi []	No picture found Ehlersiella atlantica []	No picture found Enoplobranchus sanguineus []
No picture found Eupistella darwini []	No picture found Eupolymnia crassicornis []	No picture found Eupolymnia crescentis []
No picture found Eupolymnia heterobranchia []	No picture found Eupolymnia insulana []	No picture found Eupolymnia kermadecensis []
No picture found Eupolymnia magnifica []	No picture found Eupolymnia marenzelleri []	Eupolymnia nebulosa [Strawberry worm]
No picture found Eupolymnia nesidensis []	No picture found Eupolymnia trigonostoma []	No picture found Eupolymnia umbonis []
No picture found Euthelepus kinsemboensis []	No picture found Euthelepus pascua []	No picture found Glossothelepus mexicanus []
No picture found Hauchiella tribullata []	No picture found Lanassa benthaliana []	No picture found Lanassa capensis []
No picture found Lanassa gracilis []	No picture found Lanassa nordenskioldi []	No picture found Lanassa venusta []
No picture found Lanice auricula []	Lanice conchilega [Sand mason worm]	No picture found Lanice marionensis []
No picture found Lanicides bilobata []	No picture found Lanicides Lanicides []	No picture found Lanicides taboguillae []
No picture found Lanicides vayssierei []	No picture found Laphania boecki []	No picture found Leaena antarctica []
No picture found Leaena arenilega []	No picture found Leaena caeca []	No picture found Leaena collaris []
No picture found Leaena ebranchiata []	No picture found Leaena videns []	No picture found Leaena wandelensis []
No picture found Loimia arborea [Medusa spaghetti worm]	No picture found Loimia bandera []	Loimia ingens []
No picture found Loimia medusa [Medusa worm]	No picture found Loimia montagui []	No picture found Loimia ochracea []
No picture found Loimia variegata []	No picture found Loimia viridis []	No picture found Longicarpus nodus []
No picture found Lysilla loveni []	No picture found Lysilla pacifica []	No picture found Lysilla pambanensis []
No picture found Neoamphitrite affinis []	No picture found Neoamphitrite edwardsi []	No picture found Neoamphitrite figulus []
No picture found Neoamphitrite groenlandica []	No picture found Neoamphitrite robusta []	No picture found Neoleprea californica []
No picture found Neoleprea clavata []	No picture found Neoleprea streptochaeta []	No picture found Nicolea bilobata []
No picture found Nicolea cetrata []	No picture found Nicolea chilensis []	No picture found Nicolea galapagensis []
No picture found Nicolea gracilibranchis []	No picture found Nicolea latens []	No picture found Nicolea modesta []
No picture found Nicolea venustula []	No picture found Nicolea zostericola []	No picture found Paraeupolymnia carus []
No picture found Parathelepus collaris []	No picture found Paraxionice artifex []	No picture found Pareupolymnia carus []
No picture found Phisidia aurea []	No picture found Pista abyssicola []	No picture found Pista alata []
No picture found Pista brevibranchia []	No picture found Pista brevibranchiata []	No picture found Pista corrientis []
No picture found Pista cretacea []	No picture found Pista cristata []	No picture found Pista disjuncta []
No picture found Pista fasciata []	No picture found Pista foliigera []	No picture found Pista godfroyi []
No picture found Pista herpini []	No picture found Pista lornensis []	No picture found Pista macrolobata []
No picture found Pista maculata [Fiber tube worm]	No picture found Pista mirabilis []	No picture found Pista moorei []
No picture found Pista pachybranchiata []	No picture found Pista pacifica [Fringed-hood spaghetti-worm]	No picture found Pista palmata []
No picture found Pista papillosa []	No picture found Pista quadrilobata []	No picture found Pista robustiseta []
No picture found Pista sombreriana []	No picture found Pista spinifera []	No picture found Pista typha []
No picture found Pista unibranchia []	No picture found Pista violacea []	No picture found Polycirrus antarcticus []
No picture found Polycirrus arcticus []	No picture found Polycirrus aurantiacus []	No picture found Polycirrus caliendrum []
No picture found Polycirrus californicus []	No picture found Polycirrus coccineus []	No picture found Polycirrus corallicola []
No picture found Polycirrus decipiens []	No picture found Polycirrus denticulatus []	No picture found Polycirrus dodeka []
No picture found Polycirrus eximius []	No picture found Polycirrus fedorovi []	No picture found Polycirrus haematodes []
No picture found Polycirrus hamiltoni []	No picture found Polycirrus insignis []	No picture found Polycirrus jubatus []
No picture found Polycirrus kerguelensis []	No picture found Polycirrus medusa []	No picture found Polycirrus mexicanus []
No picture found Polycirrus multus []	No picture found Polycirrus norvegicus []	No picture found Polycirrus pallidus []
No picture found Polycirrus pennulifera []	No picture found Polycirrus plumosus []	No picture found Polycirrus purpureus []
No picture found Polycirrus quadratus []	No picture found Polycirrus tenuisetis []	No picture found Polycirrus twisti []
No picture found Polymniella aurantiaca []	No picture found Proclea emmi []	No picture found Proclea graffii []
No picture found Proclea malmgreni []	No picture found Rhinothelepus occabus []	No picture found Scionella estevanica []
No picture found Scionella japonica []	No picture found Scionides reticulata []	No picture found Spinosphaera oculata []
No picture found Streblosoma bairdi []	No picture found Streblosoma cespitosa []	No picture found Streblosoma chilensis []
No picture found Streblosoma crassibranchia []	No picture found Streblosoma duplicata []	No picture found Streblosoma hartmanae []
No picture found Streblosoma hesslei []	No picture found Streblosoma japonica []	No picture found Streblosoma longa []
No picture found Streblosoma longifilis []	No picture found Streblosoma persica []	No picture found Streblosoma prora []
No picture found Streblosoma uncinatus []	No picture found Streblosoma verrilli []	No picture found Telothelepus macrothoracicus []
No picture found Terebella alata []	No picture found Terebella bruneocomata []	No picture found Terebella copia []
No picture found Terebella ehlersi []	No picture found Terebella ehrenbergi []	No picture found Terebella flabellum []
No picture found Terebella frondosa []	No picture found Terebella gorgonae []	Terebella lapidaria []
No picture found Terebella parvabranchiata []	No picture found Terebella pterochaeta []	No picture found Terebella punctata []
No picture found Terebella rubra []	No picture found Terebella turgidula []	No picture found Terebella virescens []
No picture found Terebellobranchia hugonis []	No picture found Thelepus binakayanensis []	Thelepus cincinnatus []
No picture found Thelepus comatus []	No picture found Thelepus crispus [Terebellid worm]	No picture found Thelepus extensus []
No picture found Thelepus gracilis []	No picture found Thelepus hamatus []	No picture found Thelepus japonicus []
No picture found Thelepus opimus []	No picture found Thelepus plagiostoma []	No picture found Thelepus pulvinus []
No picture found Thelepus robustus []	No picture found Thelepus setosus [Spaghetti worm]	No picture found Thelepus thoracicus []
No picture found Thelepus triserialis []	No picture found Thelepus vaughani []	No picture found Thelothelepus capensis []

213 Species of Family Terebellidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Amaeana antipoda		Pacific Ocean.
Amaeana apheles		Western Central Pacific
Amaeana occidentalis		Northwest and Eastern Pac
Amaeana trilobata		Indo-West Pacific and Atl	1 TL
Amphitrite birulai		Arctic
Amphitrite brunnea		Northwest Atlantic
Amphitrite cirrata		Arctic, Northern Atlantic
Amphitrite figulus		Northeast Atlantic
Amphitrite gracilis		Atlantic Ocean.
Amphitrite johnstoni	Johnston's ornate worm	Northern Atlantic.
Amphitrite kerguelensis		Antarctic.
Amphitrite lobocephala		Northwest Pacific
Amphitrite oculata		Western Pacific and Medit
Amphitrite ornata	Ornate terebellid worm	Western Central Atlantic
Amphitrite rubra		Western Indian Ocean, Wes
Amphitrite scylla		Western Indian Ocean
Amphitrite variabilis		Mediterranean Sea.
Amphitritides brunneocomata		Eastern Pacific
Amphitritides gracilis		Mediterranean Sea.
Amphitritides kuehlmanni		Mediterranean Sea.
Artacama challengeriae		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Artacama coniferi		Eastern Pacific
Artacama proboscidea		Arctic, Pacific Ocean, At
Artacamella hancocki		Northeast Pacific and Wes
Axionice flexuosa		Arctic and Northeast Atla
Axionice maculata		Arctic, Northern Pacific,
Betapista dekkerae		Northeast Pacific
Biremis blandi		Western Central Atlantic
Ehlersiella atlantica		Northern Atlantic
Enoplobranchus sanguineus		Western Central Atlantic
Eupistella darwini		Mid Atlantic
Eupolymnia crassicornis		Western Central Atlantic
Eupolymnia crescentis		Eastern Pacific
Eupolymnia heterobranchia		Eastern Pacific
Eupolymnia insulana		Eastern Pacific
Eupolymnia kermadecensis		Southwest Pacific
Eupolymnia magnifica		Western Central Atlantic
Eupolymnia marenzelleri		Northwest Pacific
Eupolymnia nebulosa	Strawberry worm	Antarctic, Atlantic, the
Eupolymnia nesidensis		Northeast Atlantic, the M
Eupolymnia trigonostoma		Indo-West Pacific
Eupolymnia umbonis		Northwest Pacific	1 DL
Euthelepus kinsemboensis		Western Central Pacific
Euthelepus pascua		Western Central Atlantic
Glossothelepus mexicanus		Eastern Pacific
Hauchiella tribullata		Northeast Atlantic and An
Lanassa benthaliana		Mid Atlantic
Lanassa capensis		Northwest Pacific
Lanassa gracilis		Northeast Pacific
Lanassa nordenskioldi		Arctic and Northern Atlan
Lanassa venusta		Arctic and Northern Atlan
Lanice auricula		Northwest Pacific
Lanice conchilega	Sand mason worm	Atlantic Ocean, the Medit	30 TL
Lanice marionensis		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Lanicides bilobata		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Lanicides Lanicides		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Lanicides taboguillae		Western Central Atlantic
Lanicides vayssierei		Antarctic Atlantic
Laphania boecki		Arctic and Northern Atlan
Leaena antarctica		Antarctic
Leaena arenilega		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Leaena caeca		Eastern Pacific
Leaena collaris		Southeast Pacific and Ant
Leaena ebranchiata		Arctic, Northern Pacific,
Leaena videns		Eastern Pacific
Leaena wandelensis		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Loimia arborea	Medusa spaghetti worm	Northwest Pacific and the
Loimia bandera		Northwest Pacific	3 TL
Loimia ingens		Pacific Ocean.
Loimia medusa	Medusa worm	Indo-Pacific and Western	25 BL
Loimia montagui		Eastern Pacific
Loimia ochracea		Western Pacific
Loimia variegata		Western Indian Ocean
Loimia viridis		Western Central Atlantic
Longicarpus nodus		Northwest Pacific
Lysilla loveni		Arctic, Northern Pacific,
Lysilla pacifica		Pacific Ocean.
Lysilla pambanensis		Western Indian Ocean
Neoamphitrite affinis		Atlantic Ocean and the Ar
Neoamphitrite edwardsi		Western Central Atlantic
Neoamphitrite figulus		Northeast Atlantic and th
Neoamphitrite groenlandica		Arctic, Northern Pacific
Neoamphitrite robusta		Eastern Pacific
Neoleprea californica		Eastern Pacific
Neoleprea clavata		Western Indian Ocean
Neoleprea streptochaeta		Antarctic
Nicolea bilobata		Eastern Pacific
Nicolea cetrata		Western Central Atlantic
Nicolea chilensis		Pacific Ocean and Antarc
Nicolea galapagensis		Eastern Pacific
Nicolea gracilibranchis		Indo-West Pacific
Nicolea latens		Eastern Pacific
Nicolea modesta		Western Central Atlantic
Nicolea venustula		Western Indian Ocean, Nor
Nicolea zostericola		Eastern Pacific, Northeas	5 TL
Paraeupolymnia carus		Western Central Atlantic
Parathelepus collaris		Mediterranean Sea.
Paraxionice artifex		Eastern Pacific
Pareupolymnia carus		Western Central Atlantic
Phisidia aurea		Western Indian Ocean and
Pista abyssicola		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Pista alata		Eastern Pacific
Pista brevibranchia		Western Pacific
Pista brevibranchiata		Indo-Pacific
Pista corrientis		Southeast Pacific and Ant
Pista cretacea		Mediterranean Sea.
Pista cristata		Arctic, Indo-Pacific, Atl
Pista disjuncta		Eastern Pacific
Pista fasciata		Indo-Pacific and Western
Pista foliigera		Indo-West Pacific
Pista godfroyi		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Pista herpini		Indian Ocean
Pista lornensis		Mediterranean Sea.
Pista macrolobata		Indo-West Pacific
Pista maculata	Fiber tube worm	Eastern Pacific, Northern	7.5 H
Pista mirabilis		Antarctic
Pista moorei		Northeast Pacific
Pista pachybranchiata		Northwest Pacific
Pista pacifica	Fringed-hood spaghetti-worm	Northern Pacific.
Pista palmata		Western Central Atlantic
Pista papillosa		Western Central Atlantic
Pista quadrilobata		Western Central Atlantic
Pista robustiseta		Indo-West Pacific
Pista sombreriana		Western Central Atlantic
Pista spinifera		Antarctic
Pista typha		Indo-West Pacific. Tropi
Pista unibranchia		Western Indian Ocean and
Pista violacea		Western Pacific
Polycirrus antarcticus		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Polycirrus arcticus		Atlantic Ocean and the Ar
Polycirrus aurantiacus		Northeast Atlantic and th
Polycirrus caliendrum		Eastern Pacific and the M
Polycirrus californicus		Eastern Pacific
Polycirrus coccineus		Western Indian Ocean.
Polycirrus corallicola		Western Central Atlantic
Polycirrus decipiens		Western Indian Ocean
Polycirrus denticulatus		Western Central Atlantic
Polycirrus dodeka		Northwest Pacific
Polycirrus eximius		Eastern Central Pacific a
Polycirrus fedorovi		Arctic
Polycirrus haematodes		Western Central Atlantic
Polycirrus hamiltoni		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Polycirrus insignis		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Polycirrus jubatus		Mediterranean Sea.
Polycirrus kerguelensis		Antarctic Atlantic and In
Polycirrus medusa		Northeast Atlantic, Arcti
Polycirrus mexicanus		Eastern Pacific
Polycirrus multus		Northwest Pacific
Polycirrus norvegicus		Northeast Atlantic
Polycirrus pallidus		Mediterranean Sea.
Polycirrus pennulifera		Western Central Atlantic
Polycirrus plumosus		Western Central Atlantic
Polycirrus purpureus		Western Central Atlantic
Polycirrus quadratus		Northwest Pacific
Polycirrus tenuisetis		Eastern Atlantic, Western
Polycirrus twisti		Western Indian Ocean
Polymniella aurantiaca		Western Central Atlantic
Proclea emmi		Arctic
Proclea graffii		Arctic, Western Indian Oc
Proclea malmgreni		Arctic and Northeast Atla
Rhinothelepus occabus		Northwest Pacific
Scionella estevanica		Northeast Pacific
Scionella japonica		Eastern Pacific
Scionides reticulata		Western Central Atlantic
Spinosphaera oculata		Eastern Pacific
Streblosoma bairdi		Western Central Atlantic
Streblosoma cespitosa		Indo-West Pacific
Streblosoma chilensis		Northwest Pacific
Streblosoma crassibranchia		Eastern Pacific
Streblosoma duplicata		Northwest Pacific
Streblosoma hartmanae		Western Central Atlantic
Streblosoma hesslei		Mediterranean Sea.
Streblosoma japonica		Eastern Pacific
Streblosoma longa		Western Indian Ocean
Streblosoma longifilis		Eastern Pacific
Streblosoma persica		Western Indian Ocean
Streblosoma prora		Western Central Pacific
Streblosoma uncinatus		Eastern Pacific
Streblosoma verrilli		Western Central Atlantic
Telothelepus macrothoracicus		Western Indian Ocean
Terebella alata		Eastern Pacific
Terebella bruneocomata		Eastern Pacific
Terebella copia		Northwest Pacific
Terebella ehlersi		Antarctic
Terebella ehrenbergi		Indo-West Pacific, Northe
Terebella flabellum		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Terebella frondosa		Eastern Pacific
Terebella gorgonae		Eastern Pacific
Terebella lapidaria		Western Indian Ocean and
Terebella parvabranchiata		Eastern Central Pacific
Terebella pterochaeta		Indo-West Pacific and Atl
Terebella punctata		Northwest Pacific
Terebella rubra		Western Central Atlantic
Terebella turgidula		Western Atlantic
Terebella virescens		Western Indian Ocean
Terebellobranchia hugonis		Western Central Pacific
Thelepus binakayanensis		Western Central Pacific
Thelepus cincinnatus		Northeast Atlantic, the M
Thelepus comatus		Indo-Pacific.
Thelepus crispus	Terebellid worm	Eastern Pacific.	30 TL
Thelepus extensus		Antarctic Indian Ocean an
Thelepus gracilis		Western Central Pacific
Thelepus hamatus		Eastern Pacific
Thelepus japonicus		Indo-West Pacific
Thelepus opimus		Northwest Pacific
Thelepus plagiostoma		Indo-West Pacific and the
Thelepus pulvinus		Northwest Pacific
Thelepus robustus		Western Central Atlantic
Thelepus setosus	Spaghetti worm	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc
Thelepus thoracicus		Western Indian Ocean
Thelepus triserialis		Mediterranean Sea.
Thelepus vaughani		Western Indian Ocean
Thelothelepus capensis		Western Central Atlantic

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