Species under Orthopyxis
n= 8
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Orthopyxis compressa
(Clark, 1877)
Eastern Pacific
Orthopyxis crenata
(Hartlaub, 1901)
Southwest Pacific
Orthopyxis everta
(Clark, 1876)
Eastern Pacific and the Mediterranean
Orthopyxis integra
(MacGillivray, 1842)
Atlantic, Pacific, Mediterranean, Black Sea and Arctic Oceans
Orthopyxis minor
(Fraser, 1938)
Eastern Pacific
Orthopyxis mollis
(Stechow, 1919)
Soft bell hydroid Pacific and the Mediterranean
Orthopyxis sargassicola
(Nutting, 1915)
Western Atlantic
Orthopyxis tincta
(Hincks, 1861)
Antarctic Indian Ocean
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