Species under Opalia
n= 28
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Opalia abbotti
Clench & Turner, 1952
Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea 0.45
Opalia acus
unspecified
Eastern Atlantic 1.3
Opalia aurifila
(Dall, 1889)
Western Atlantic 1.1
Opalia australis
(Lamarck, 1822)
Eastern Indian Ocean
Opalia bicarinata
(Sowerby, 1844)
Western Central Pacific
Opalia borealis
Keep, 1881
Boreal wentletrap Northern Pacific 33
Opalia burchorum
DuShane, 1988
Eastern Central Pacific
Opalia burryi
Clench & Turner, 1950
Western Atlantic 1.52
Opalia crenata
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Coarse wentletrap Western Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea 2.2
Opalia eolis
Clench & Turner, 1950
Cancellate wentletrap Western Central Atlantic 1.3
Opalia funiculata
(Carpenter, 1857)
Scalloped wentletrap Eastern Pacific
Opalia garciai
Kilburn, 1994
Western Central Pacific
Opalia hellenica
(Forbes, 1844)
Mediterranean Sea
Opalia hotessieriana
(d'Orbigny, 1842)
Pitted wentletrap Western Atlantic 1.3
Opalia infrequens
(Adams, 1852)
Sparse wentletrap East Pacific
Opalia leeana
(Verrill, 1882)
Northwest Atlantic 0.5
Opalia longissima
Garcia, 2004
Western Central Pacific
Opalia megalodon
Garcia, 2004
Western Central Pacific
Opalia montereyensis
(Dall, 1907)
Monterey wentletrap East Pacific
Opalia morchiana
(Dall, 1889)
Western Atlantic 1.2
Opalia neocaledonica
Garcia, 2004
Western Central Pacific
Opalia pumilio
(Morch, 1874)
Dwarf wentletrap Western Atlantic 1.5
Opalia sumatrensis
(Thiele, 1925)
Eastern Central Pacific
Opalia thorsenae
Garcia, 2004
Western Central Pacific
Opalia tortilis
(Watson, 1883)
Western Atlantic 1.07
Opalia velumnuptialis
Garcia, 2004
Western Central Pacific
Opalia wareni
Garcia, 2004
Western Central Pacific
Opalia watsoni
(De Boury, 1911)
Western Atlantic
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