Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Anchicolurus occidentalis		Northeast Pacific		1912
Anchistylis longipes		Eastern Indian Ocean		1945
Anchistylis notus		Antarctica.		1968
Anchistylis similis		Indo-West Pacific		1945
Anchistylis waitei		Eastern Indian Ocean		1928
Atlantistylis chauvini		North and South Atlantic		1975
Brachydiastylis hexaceros		Russia.		1952
Brachydiastylis nimia		Northwest Atlantic and Ar
Brachydiastylis resima		Arctic, Northwest Pacific		1846
Colurostylis lemurum		Southwest Pacific		1917
Colurostylis longicaudata		Southwest Pacific		1962
Colurostylis pseudocuma		Southwest Pacific		1911
Colurostylis stenocuma		Antarctica.		1968
Diastylis abboti		Eastern Central Pacific		1975
Diastylis abbreviata		Eastern Central Pacific		1871
Diastylis acuminata		Pacific Ocean.		1960
Diastylis alaskensis		Northern Pacific and the		1912
Diastylis algoae		Southeast Atlantic		1908
Diastylis ambigua		Eastern Central Atlantic		1972
Diastylis anderssoni		Antarctic Atlantic		1907
Diastylis antillensis		West Indies.		1873
Diastylis araruamae		South Atlantic Ocean.		1991
Diastylis argentata		Southeast Pacific		1912
Diastylis aspera		Pacific Ocean.		1912
Diastylis bidentata		Northern Pacific and the		1912
Diastylis bispinosa		Northwest Atlantic.		1853
Diastylis boecki		Northeast Atlantic		1930
Diastylis bradyi		Northeast Atlantic		1879
Diastylis brasilianus		Southwest Atlantic		1991
Diastylis calderoni		North Pacific Ocean.		1988
Diastylis californica		Eastern Central Pacific		1936
Diastylis corniculata		Antarctic Atlantic		1937
Diastylis cornuifer		Northwest Atlantic		1929
Diastylis cornuta		Northeast Atlantic and th		1864
Diastylis crenellata		Northeast Pacific		1996
Diastylis dalli		Northern Pacific and the		1912
Diastylis delicata		South Pacific Ocean.
Diastylis denticulata		South Pacific Ocean.		1956
Diastylis dollfusi		Eastern Central Atlantic		1928
Diastylis doryphora		Eastern Central Atlantic		1940
Diastylis echinata		Arctic and Northern Atlan
Diastylis edwardsi		Arctic and Northwest Atla		1841
Diastylis edwardsii		North Atlantic Ocean.		1841
Diastylis enigmatica		Antarctic.		1993
Diastylis exilicauda		Antarctic.		1969
Diastylis fimbriata		Antarctic.		1873
Diastylis galeronae		Antarctic.		1993
Diastylis gayi		Southeast Pacific		1849
Diastylis geocostae		Southeast Pacific		1991
Diastylis gibbera		Indian Ocean.
Diastylis glabra		Northeast Atlantic and th
Diastylis goodsiri		Northern Atlantic and the		1855
Diastylis granulata		Southwest Atlantic		1921
Diastylis hammoniae		Sub-Antarctic		1902
Diastylis hastata		Sub-Antarctic
Diastylis hexaceros		Southeast Atlantic		1908
Diastylis hirsuta		Southwest Atlantic
Diastylis horrida		Antarctic Indian Ocean.		1886
Diastylis inermis		Western Indian Ocean		1988
Diastylis inornata		Northeast Atlantic and An		1937
Diastylis inplicata		Northeast Atlantic and An		1999
Diastylis insularum		Southwest Pacific		1908
Diastylis jonesi		Endemic to the Mediterran		1972
Diastylis justi		Endemic to the Mediterran		1991
Diastylis koreana		North Pacific Ocean.
Diastylis krameri		Southwest Pacific		1921
Diastylis laevis		Northeast Atlantic and th		1869
Diastylis lazarevi		Pacific Ocean.		1955
Diastylis lepechini		Northeast Atlantic and th
Diastylis loricata		Pacific Ocean.
Diastylis lucifera		Arctic and Northern Atlan		1841
Diastylis manca		Southwest Atlantic and So		1873
Diastylis matsuei		Pacific Ocean.		1968
Diastylis mawsoni		Antarctica.		1918
Diastylis namibiae		Antarctica.		1980
Diastylis neapolitana		Endemic to the Mediterran		1879
Diastylis neozealanica		Southwest Pacific		1892
Diastylis nitens		North Pacific Ocean.		1968
Diastylis nodosa		North Pacific Ocean.
Diastylis nucella		Canada		1912
Diastylis omorii		Pacific Ocean.		1968
Diastylis ornata		North Pacific Ocean.		1952
Diastylis oxyrhyncha		Arctic and Northwest Atla		1926
Diastylis paralaskensis		Russia.		1990
Diastylis paraspinulosa		Pacific Ocean.		1926
Diastylis paratricinta		Pacific Ocean.		1996
Diastylis pellucida		Northeast Pacific		1930
Diastylis planifrons		Southeast Pacific and Sou		1912
Diastylis polaris		Arctic		1871
Diastylis polita		Northwest Atlantic		1879
Diastylis pseudinornata		Antarctic and Northeast A		1977
Diastylis quadriplicata		Northeast Pacific		1996
Diastylis quadrispinosa		Northwest Atlantic		1871
Diastylis racovitzai		South Atlantic Ocean.		1991
Diastylis rathkei		Arctic and Northern Atlan	0.9 TL	1841
Diastylis richardi		Arctic and Northern Atlan		1929
Diastylis rostrata		Northeast Atlantic		1885
Diastylis rugosa		Northeast Atlantic and th
Diastylis samurai		Pacific Ocean.		1943
Diastylis santamariensis		Northeast Pacific		1996
Diastylis scorpioides		Northern Atlantic and the		1780
Diastylis sculpta		Northwest Atlantic		1871
Diastylis sentosa		Northeast Pacific		1996
Diastylis serrata		Northeast Pacific
Diastylis serratocostata		Northeast Pacific		1996
Diastylis spinulosa		Northern Atlantic and the
Diastylis stygia		Northern Atlantic and the		1873
Diastylis sulcata		Northwest Pacific, Arctic		1912
Diastylis sympterygiae		Northwest Pacific, Arctic		1985
Diastylis tenebricosa		Mexico and Panama.		1969
Diastylis tenuicauda		Mexico and Panama.		1967
Diastylis tetradon		Pacific Ocean.
Diastylis tongoyensis		Southeast Pacific		1998
Diastylis tricincta		Northwest Pacific		1903
Diastylis tumida		Northeast Pacific and Nor
Diastylis umatillensis		Canada		1971
Diastylis utinomii		Pacific Ocean.		1968
Diastylis zimmeri		Northeast Atlantic and An		1977
Diastyloides atlanticus		Northeast Atlantic and An		1974
Diastyloides bacescoi		Endemic to the Mediterran		1940
Diastyloides biplicatus		Northeast Atlantic and th		1865
Diastyloides carpinei		Endemic to the Mediterran		1969
Diastyloides ornatus		Endemic to the Mediterran		1974
Diastyloides scaber		Endemic to the Mediterran		1920
Diastyloides serratus		Mediterranean Sea.		1865
Diastylopsis annulata		Antarctic, Atlantic and I		1902
Diastylopsis bosphorica		Mediterranean Sea		1982
Diastylopsis crassior		Southwest Pacific		1911
Diastylopsis dawsoni		North Pacific Ocean.		1880
Diastylopsis diaphanes		Antarctic.		1907
Diastylopsis elongata		Southwest Pacific		1911
Diastylopsis goekei		Antarctic Atlantic		1992
Diastylopsis robusta		Southeast Pacific and Sou		1902
Diastylopsis tenuis		Eastern Central Pacific		1936
Diastylopsis thileniusi		Southwest Pacific		1902
Dic calmani		Southeast Atlantic		1910
Dic formosae		Indian Ocean.		1980
Dic platytelson		Southeast Atlantic		1980
Dimorphostylis acroplicata		Western Central Pacific
Dimorphostylis asiatica		Western Central Pacific		1908
Dimorphostylis australis		Eastern Indian Ocean		1932
Dimorphostylis bathyelegans		Northwest Pacific		2011
Dimorphostylis brevicarpus		Northwest Pacific		2011
Dimorphostylis brevicaudata		Northwest Pacific		1903
Dimorphostylis colefaxi		Southwest Pacific
Dimorphostylis cornigera		Western Central Pacific
Dimorphostylis coronata		Northwest Pacific
Dimorphostylis cottoni		Eastern Indian Ocean		1936
Dimorphostylis echinata		Western Central Pacific
Dimorphostylis elegans		Western Pacific		1960
Dimorphostylis gibbosa		Western Central Pacific
Dimorphostylis hirsuta		Northwest Pacific
Dimorphostylis horai		Northwest Pacific
Dimorphostylis inauspicata		Southwest Pacific
Dimorphostylis longicauda		Western Central Pacific
Dimorphostylis longitelson		India.
Dimorphostylis maledivensis		Western Indian Ocean		1996
Dimorphostylis manazuruensis		Northwest Pacific
Dimorphostylis quadriplicata		Northwest Pacific
Dimorphostylis sculpturensis		Northwest Pacific		1990
Dimorphostylis subaculeata		Southwest Pacific		1945
Dimorphostylis tasmanica		South Pacific Ocean.
Dimorphostylis tribulis		Eastern Indian Ocean		1945
Dimorphostylis valida		Western Central Pacific
Dimorphostylis vieta		Eastern Indian Ocean		1936
Ekleptostylis debroyeri		Eastern Indian Ocean		2001
Ekleptostylis walkeri		Mediterranean Sea.		1907
Ektonodiastylis nimia		Arctic		1920
Ektonodiastylis robusta		Northwest Atlantic		2000
Geyserius leuconiformis		Western Indian Ocean		1988
Holostylis helleri		Antarctic.		1907
Holostylis spinicauda		Antarctic Atlantic		2005
Leptostylis abditis		Northeast Pacific		1996
Leptostylis ampullacea		Arctic and Northwest Atla		1855
Leptostylis antipus		Antarctic.		1907
Leptostylis attenuatus		Indian Ocean.		1980
Leptostylis azaniensis		Western Indian Ocean		1969
Leptostylis bacescoi		Mediterranean Sea.		1972
Leptostylis borealis		Mediterranean Sea.		1908
Leptostylis calva		Northeast Pacific		1996
Leptostylis chileana		Southeast Pacific		1967
Leptostylis crassicauda		Northeast Atlantic and An		1907
Leptostylis elegans		Southwest Atlantic		1991
Leptostylis elongata		France.		1988
Leptostylis faurei		France.		1980
Leptostylis gamoi		Endemic to the Mediterran		1972
Leptostylis gilli		Southeast Atlantic		1980
Leptostylis gorbunovi		Arctic		1946
Leptostylis gracilis		Northeast Atlantic and Ar		1908
Leptostylis grandis		Northeast Atlantic and Ar		1920
Leptostylis hexaspinula		Northeast Atlantic and Ar		1990
Leptostylis longicaudata		Northeast Atlantic and Ar		1896
Leptostylis longimana		Arctic and Northwest Atla		1865
Leptostylis macrura		Arctic, Northwest Atlanti		1869
Leptostylis macruroides		Southeast Atlantic		1912
Leptostylis mancoides		South Atlantic Ocean.		1967
Leptostylis menziesi		Panama.		1967
Leptostylis ovalis		Sub-Antarctic		1902
Leptostylis producta		Sub-Antarctic		1879
Leptostylis profunda		Sub-Antarctic		1969
Leptostylis quadridentata		Northwest Pacific		1985
Leptostylis recalvastra		Southwest Pacific		1945
Leptostylis souzalvesae		Southwest Atlantic		1991
Leptostylis spinescens		Northwest Pacific		1987
Leptostylis vemae		Southwest Atlantic		1967
Leptostylis vercoi		Indian Ocean.		1928
Leptostylis villosa		Arctic and Northwest Atla		1869
Leptostylis weddelli		Southern Ocean.		2003
Leptostylis zimmeri		Southern Ocean.		1929
Leptostyloides calcar		Southwest Pacific		1969
Makrokylindrus acanthodes		Southeast Atlantic		1912
Makrokylindrus aegaeus		Endemic to the Mediterran		1974
Makrokylindrus alleni		Western Central Atlantic		1974
Makrokylindrus anomalus		Northeast Atlantic		1896
Makrokylindrus armatus		Northwest Atlantic		1879
Makrokylindrus bacescui		Southwest Atlantic		1971
Makrokylindrus baceskei		Antarctic.		1968
Makrokylindrus balinensis		Indonesia.
Makrokylindrus cinctus		Indonesia.
Makrokylindrus cingulatus		Western Central Pacific		1905
Makrokylindrus declivifrons		Western Indian Ocean		1996
Makrokylindrus deinotelson		Indian Ocean.		1980
Makrokylindrus fagei		Western Indian Ocean		1962
Makrokylindrus fragilis		Southeast Atlantic		1912
Makrokylindrus hessleri		Northwest Atlantic		1974
Makrokylindrus hystrix		Northwest Pacific		1985
Makrokylindrus inermis		Northeast Atlantic		1929
Makrokylindrus inscriptus		Southern Ocean		1971
Makrokylindrus insignis		Mediterranean Sea.		1871
Makrokylindrus jedsi		Northwest Pacific		1962
Makrokylindrus jubatus		Northwest Pacific		1988
Makrokylindrus longipes		Mediterranean Sea.		1871
Makrokylindrus menziesi		Southeast Pacific		1962
Makrokylindrus monodi		North West Atlantic.		1974
Makrokylindrus prolatus		North West Atlantic.
Makrokylindrus reyssi		Eastern Central Atlantic		1972
Makrokylindrus serricauda		Eastern Central Atlantic		1912
Makrokylindrus spinifer		South East Africa.		1980
Makrokylindrus spiniventris		Mediterranean Sea.		1920
Makrokylindrus stebbingi		Mediterranean Sea.		1915
Makrokylindrus vitiasi		Russia.
Oxyurostylis antipai		Western Central Atlantic		1993
Oxyurostylis atlantica		Western Central Atlantic.		1981
Oxyurostylis lecroyae		Western Central Atlantic		1995
Oxyurostylis pacifica		Eastern Central Pacific		1936
Oxyurostylis salinoi		Southwest Atlantic
Oxyurostylis smithi	Sharp-tailed cumacean	Western Central Atlantic		1912
Oxyurostylis tertia		Eastern Central Pacific		1943
Pachystylis rotundata		South Atlantic Ocean.		1895
Paradiastylis bathyalis		South Atlantic Ocean.		1969

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Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Diastylidae (See list of species below)

Family: Diastylidae

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