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Family: Sacculinidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Drepanorchis neglecta []	No picture found Heterosaccus californicus []	No picture found Heterosaccus occidentalis []
No picture found Heterosaccus papillosus []	No picture found Loxothylacus panopaei []	No picture found Loxothylacus perarmatus []
No picture found Loxothylacus texanus []	No picture found Ptychascus glaber []	No picture found Sacculina americana []
No picture found Sacculina angulata []	No picture found Sacculina anomala []	No picture found Sacculina atlantica []
No picture found Sacculina bicuspidata []	No picture found Sacculina boschmai []	No picture found Sacculina bourdoni []
No picture found Sacculina carcini []	No picture found Sacculina docleae []	No picture found Sacculina gerbei []
No picture found Sacculina gibbsi []	No picture found Sacculina hirsuta []	No picture found Sacculina inflata []
No picture found Sacculina lobata []	No picture found Sacculina plana []	No picture found Sacculina pustulata []
No picture found Sacculina quadrialata []	No picture found Sacculina rathbunae []	No picture found Sacculina reniformis []
No picture found Sacculina scabra []	No picture found Sacculina schmitti []	No picture found Sacculina scutigera []
No picture found Sacculina serènei []	No picture found Sacculina sinensis []	No picture found Sacculina triangularis []

33 Species of Family Sacculinidae
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Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Drepanorchis neglecta	Northeast Atlantic
Heterosaccus californicus	Eastern Central Pacific
Heterosaccus occidentalis	Western Indian and Wester
Heterosaccus papillosus	Western Pacific.
Loxothylacus panopaei	Western Indian, Western A
Loxothylacus perarmatus	Western Central Atlantic	1.2 BL
Loxothylacus texanus	Western Central Atlantic
Ptychascus glaber	Southwest Atlantic
Sacculina americana	Western Indian and Wester
Sacculina angulata	Western Pacific
Sacculina anomala	Western Indian Ocean and
Sacculina atlantica	Northeast Atlantic.
Sacculina bicuspidata	Western Indian and Wester
Sacculina boschmai	Western Central Atlantic
Sacculina bourdoni	Northeast Atlantic
Sacculina carcini	Northeast Atlantic
Sacculina docleae	Northwest Pacific	1.75 BL
Sacculina gerbei	Northeast Atlantic and th
Sacculina gibbsi	Northeast Atlantic and th
Sacculina hirsuta	Southwest Atlantic
Sacculina inflata	Northeast Atlantic
Sacculina lobata	Northeast Atlantic
Sacculina plana	Northwest Pacific
Sacculina pustulata	Western Indian and Wester
Sacculina quadrialata	Western Central Pacific
Sacculina rathbunae	Western Indian and Wester
Sacculina reniformis	Western Central Atlantic
Sacculina scabra	Northwest Pacific
Sacculina schmitti	Western Central Atlantic
Sacculina scutigera	Northwest Pacific
Sacculina serènei	Northwest Pacific
Sacculina sinensis	Northwest Pacific
Sacculina triangularis	Northeast Atlantic

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