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Family: Polycitoridae



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178 species (see list below)
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Archidistoma aggregatum
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Archidistoma diaphanes
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Archidistoma dublum
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Archidistoma productum
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Archidistoma psammion
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Brevicollus tuberatus
[Colony tunicate]
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Max. Length 5 cm COLD
 
Citorclinum laboutei
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Cystodytes antarcticus
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Cystodytes dellechiajei
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Cystodytes durus
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Cystodytes fuscus
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Cystodytes guinensis
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Cystodytes lobatus
[Lobed tunicate]
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Max. Length 0.5 cm COLD
 
Cystodytes luteus
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Cystodytes morifer
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Cystodytes mucosus
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Cystodytes multipapillatus
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Max. Length 8 cm TL
 
Cystodytes philippinensis
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Cystodytes planus
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Cystodytes punctatus
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Max. Length 8 cm COLD
 
Cystodytes ramosus
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Cystodytes roseolus
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Cystodytes senegalense
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Max. Length 0.5 cm COLD
 
Cystodytes solitus
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Cystodytes tunisiensis
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Max. Length 1 cm COLD
 
Cystodytes violatinctus
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Max. Length 1.5 cm TL
 
Eucoelium coronaria
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Eucoelium hospitiolum
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Max. Length 4 cm COLD
 
Eucoelium mariae
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Eucoelium orientalis
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Max. Length 15 cm COLD
 
Eucoelium pallida
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Eucoelium peresi
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Eucoelium setoensis
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Eucoelium stellifera
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Eudistoma albatrossae
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Eudistoma album
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Eudistoma amploides
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Eudistoma amplum
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Eudistoma anaematum
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Eudistoma angolanum
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Eudistoma arcnosum
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Eudistoma atrum
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Eudistoma atypicum
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Eudistoma aureum
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Eudistoma austerum
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Eudistoma australe
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Eudistoma banyulense
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Eudistoma bifurcum
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Eudistoma bituminis
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Eudistoma bulbatum
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Eudistoma caeruleum
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Eudistoma capsulatum
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Eudistoma carnosum
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Max. Length 0.6 cm TL
 
Eudistoma carolinense
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Eudistoma clarum
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Eudistoma constrictum
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Eudistoma costai
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Eudistoma digitatum
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Eudistoma eboreum
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Eudistoma elongatum
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Eudistoma fasciculum
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Eudistoma fluorescens
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Eudistoma fragum
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Eudistoma fucatum
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Eudistoma fusca
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Eudistoma gilboviride
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Eudistoma glabrum
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Eudistoma glaucum
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Eudistoma globosum
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Eudistoma gracilum
[]

Photo by O'Keefe, Jo

Western Central Atlantic.

Eudistoma hepaticum (Van Name, 1921)

Photo by Photo by O'Keefe, Jo
 
Eudistoma hepaticum
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Eudistoma hospitale
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Eudistoma illotum
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Eudistoma inauratum
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Eudistoma incrustatum
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Eudistoma incubitum
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Eudistoma kauderni
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Eudistoma kaverium
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Eudistoma kurilense
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Eudistoma laboutei
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Eudistoma lakshmiani
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Eudistoma laysani
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Eudistoma loricatum
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Eudistoma maculosum
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Eudistoma magalhaensis
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Eudistoma magnum
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Eudistoma malum
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Eudistoma marianense
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Eudistoma mexicanum
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Eudistoma microlarvum
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Eudistoma miniacum
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Eudistoma mobiusi
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Eudistoma modestum
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Max. Length 10 cm WD
 
Eudistoma molle
[Red-dotted compound tunicate]
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Eudistoma mucosum
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Eudistoma multiperforatum
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Eudistoma murrayi
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Eudistoma niveum
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Eudistoma obscuratum
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Eudistoma occultum
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Eudistoma olivaceum
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Eudistoma one
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Max. Length 12 cm WD
 
Eudistoma ovatum
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Eudistoma pachecae
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Eudistoma paesslerioides
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Eudistoma parva
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Eudistoma planum
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Eudistoma platense
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Eudistoma plumbeum
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Eudistoma pluritestae
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Eudistoma posidonarium
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Eudistoma pratulum
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Max. Length 0.5 cm COLD
 
Eudistoma punctatum
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Eudistoma purpureum
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Eudistoma purpuropunctatum
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Eudistoma pyriforme
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Eudistoma recifense
[]

Photo by Palomares, Maria Lourdes D.

Indo-West Pacific.

Eudistoma reginum Kott, 1990

Photo by Photo by Palomares, Maria Lourdes D.
 
Eudistoma reginum
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Max. Length 1 cm COLD
 
Eudistoma renieri
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Eudistoma repens
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Eudistoma rhodopyge
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Eudistoma rigidum
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Eudistoma ritteri
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Eudistoma roseum
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Eudistoma rubiginosum
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Eudistoma rubra
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Eudistoma rubrum
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Eudistoma sabulosum
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Eudistoma saldanhai
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Eudistoma segmentatum
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Eudistoma sluiteri
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Eudistoma spiculiferum
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Eudistoma stellatum
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Eudistoma superlatum
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Eudistoma surinamense
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Eudistoma tarponense
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Eudistoma tigrum
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Max. Length 3 cm TL
 
Eudistoma toealense
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Eudistoma tokara
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Eudistoma tokarac
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Eudistoma tridentatum
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Max. Length 0.8 cm TL
 
Eudistoma tumidum
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Eudistoma vannamei
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Eudistoma vineum
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Eudistoma viride
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Eudistoma vitreum
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Eudistoma vulgare
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Exostoma ianthinum
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Polycitor adriaticus
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Polycitor africanus
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Polycitor annulus
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Polycitor calamus
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Polycitor cerasus
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Max. Length 6 cm H
 
Polycitor circes
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Polycitor clava
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Polycitor columna
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Polycitor crypticus
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Polycitor crystallinus
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Polycitor cuneatus
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Polycitor emergens
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Polycitor epicolon
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Polycitor fungiformis
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Polycitor gelatinosum
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Max. Length 6 cm COLD
 
Polycitor giganteus
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Polycitor glareosus
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Polycitor nubilus
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Polycitor obeliscus
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Polycitor profundus
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Polycitor proliferus
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Polycitor protectans
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Polycitor searli
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Polycitor subarborensis
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Polycitor translucidus
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Rhombifera caerulea
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Salix ianthina
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Tetrazona ciemari
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Tetrazona glareosa
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Tetrazona porrecta
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Archidistoma aggregatum Cosmopolitan. 1891
Archidistoma diaphanes Eastern Central Pacific 1917
Archidistoma dublum Western Indian Ocean 1997
Archidistoma productum Northeast Atlantic 1841
Archidistoma psammion Eastern Central Pacific 1917
Brevicollus tuberatus Colony tunicate Indo-West Pacific 1990
Citorclinum laboutei Western Central Pacific 5 COLD 1988
Cystodytes antarcticus Southeast Pacific, Southw 1914
Cystodytes dellechiajei Circumglobal. 1877
Cystodytes durus Northeast Atlantic and th 1884
Cystodytes fuscus Western Central Pacific 1988
Cystodytes guinensis Eastern Atlantic 1914
Cystodytes lobatus Lobed tunicate Eastern Pacific 1900
Cystodytes luteus Indo-West Pacific. 0.5 COLD 1988
Cystodytes morifer Western Indian Ocean 1919
Cystodytes mucosus Western Central Pacific 1988
Cystodytes multipapillatus Western Central Pacific 1988
Cystodytes philippinensis Cosmopolitan. 8 TL 1886
Cystodytes planus Northeast Atlantic 1974
Cystodytes punctatus Western Central Pacific 1988
Cystodytes ramosus Western Central Pacific 8 COLD 1992
Cystodytes roseolus Eastern Atlantic 1912
Cystodytes senegalense Eastern Central Atlantic 1969
Cystodytes solitus Indo-West Pacific. 0.5 COLD 1988
Cystodytes tunisiensis Mediterranean Sea. 2002
Cystodytes violatinctus Indo-West Pacific. 1 COLD 1988
Eucoelium coronaria Indo-West Pacific. 1.5 TL 1988
Eucoelium hospitiolum South Africa. 1816
Eucoelium mariae Indo-West Pacific. 4 COLD 1924
Eucoelium orientalis Indo-West Pacific 1990
Eucoelium pallida Western Indian Ocean and 15 COLD 1962
Eucoelium peresi Western Indian Ocean 1966
Eucoelium setoensis Northwest Pacific 1980
Eucoelium stellifera Western Central Pacific 2001
Eudistoma albatrossae Northwest Pacific 1967
Eudistoma album Western Central Pacific. 1988
Eudistoma amploides Northwest Pacific 1963
Eudistoma amplum Indo-West Pacific. 1909
Eudistoma anaematum Western Central Pacific 1990
Eudistoma angolanum Eastern Atlantic and Indo 1915
Eudistoma arcnosum Australia. 1957
Eudistoma atrum Western Indian Ocean. 1999
Eudistoma atypicum Western Indian Ocean 2006
Eudistoma aureum Eastern Indian Ocean 1990
Eudistoma austerum Eastern Central Pacific 1909
Eudistoma australe Antarctic Indian Ocean 1978
Eudistoma banyulense Northeast Atlantic and th 1912
Eudistoma bifurcum Western Indian Ocean 2006
Eudistoma bituminis Indo-West Pacific 2001
Eudistoma bulbatum Southwest Pacific 1990
Eudistoma caeruleum Indo-West Pacific 1898
Eudistoma capsulatum Western Central Atlantic. 1902
Eudistoma carnosum Indo-West Pacific 1990
Eudistoma carolinense Western Atlantic. 0.6 TL 1945
Eudistoma clarum Atlantic Ocean 1902
Eudistoma constrictum Eastern Indian Ocean 1990
Eudistoma costai Northeast Atlantic and th 1877
Eudistoma digitatum South Africa. 1962
Eudistoma eboreum Western Central Pacific 1990
Eudistoma elongatum Western Pacific 1886
Eudistoma fasciculum Western Central Pacific 1996
Eudistoma fluorescens Western Central Pacific 2001
Eudistoma fragum Western Central Pacific 1988
Eudistoma fucatum Western Central Pacific 2001
Eudistoma fusca Eastern Central Pacific 1900
Eudistoma gilboviride Western Central Pacific. 1909
Eudistoma glabrum Western Central Pacific. 1919
Eudistoma glaucum Western Central Pacific. 1909
Eudistoma globosum Indo-West Pacific 1957
Eudistoma gracilum Western Central Pacific 1990
Eudistoma hepaticum Western Central Atlantic. 1921
Eudistoma hospitale Indo-West Pacific and Sou 1998
Eudistoma illotum Southeast Atlantic 1898
Eudistoma inauratum Western Central Pacific 2001
Eudistoma incrustatum Western Central Pacific 1996
Eudistoma incubitum Western Central Pacific 1990
Eudistoma kauderni Western Indian Ocean 1921
Eudistoma kaverium Indian Ocean 2002
Eudistoma kurilense Northwest Pacific. 1993
Eudistoma laboutei Western Indian Ocean 2006
Eudistoma lakshmiani Eastern Indian Ocean 1986
Eudistoma laysani Indo-Pacific. 1900
Eudistoma loricatum Central Indo-Pacific. 1909
Eudistoma maculosum Indo-West Pacific 1990
Eudistoma magalhaensis Southeast Pacific, Atlant 1907
Eudistoma magnum Northeast Atlantic and th 1968
Eudistoma malum Western Central Pacific 1990
Eudistoma marianense Western Central Pacific 1967
Eudistoma mexicanum Eastern Central Pacific 1945
Eudistoma microlarvum Western Central Pacific 1990
Eudistoma miniacum Central Indo-Pacific. 1909
Eudistoma mobiusi Antarctic Atlantic and In 1905
Eudistoma modestum Southeast Atlantic and We 1898
Eudistoma molle Red-dotted compound tunicate Eastern Pacific 10 WD 1900
Eudistoma mucosum Northeast Atlantic and th 1883
Eudistoma multiperforatum Central Indo-Pacific. 1909
Eudistoma murrayi Western Indian Ocean 1957
Eudistoma niveum Western Indian Ocean 2006
Eudistoma obscuratum Western Central Atlantic. 1902
Eudistoma occultum Southeast Atlantic 2001
Eudistoma olivaceum Atlantic Ocean and Pacifi 1902
Eudistoma one Southwest Pacific 1987
Eudistoma ovatum Indo-West Pacific. 12 WD 1886
Eudistoma pachecae Eastern Central Pacific 1945
Eudistoma paesslerioides Cosmopolitan. 1914
Eudistoma parva Eastern Central Pacific 1900
Eudistoma planum Atlantic and the Mediterr 1948
Eudistoma platense Southwest Atlantic 1945
Eudistoma plumbeum Northeast Atlantic and th 1877
Eudistoma pluritestae Western Indian Ocean 2006
Eudistoma posidonarium Northeast Atlantic and th 1908
Eudistoma pratulum Western Central Pacific 1990
Eudistoma punctatum Indo-West Pacific. 0.5 COLD 2001
Eudistoma purpureum Western Central Pacific 1990
Eudistoma purpuropunctatum Northeast Pacific 1989
Eudistoma pyriforme Western Central Pacific 1886
Eudistoma recifense Southwest Atlantic 1977
Eudistoma reginum Indo-West Pacific. 1990
Eudistoma renieri Southeast Atlantic and In 1 COLD 1912
Eudistoma repens Southwest Atlantic 1977
Eudistoma rhodopyge Southeast Atlantic and In 1898
Eudistoma rigidum Southeast Atlantic and In 1955
Eudistoma ritteri Eastern Central Pacific 1945
Eudistoma roseum Northeast Atlantic 1991
Eudistoma rubiginosum Eastern Central Pacific 1996
Eudistoma rubra Northwest Pacific 1953
Eudistoma rubrum Northeast Atlantic 1816
Eudistoma sabulosum Indo-West Pacific 1990
Eudistoma saldanhai Southwest Atlantic 1977
Eudistoma segmentatum Central Indo-Pacific. 1909
Eudistoma sluiteri Western Central Pacific 1909
Eudistoma spiculiferum Southwest Atlantic 1977
Eudistoma stellatum Western Central Pacific 1988
Eudistoma superlatum Indo-West Pacific 1990
Eudistoma surinamense Western Central Atlantic 1978
Eudistoma tarponense Western Central Atlantic 1945
Eudistoma tigrum Indo-West Pacific 1990
Eudistoma toealense Indo-West Pacific. 3 TL 1975
Eudistoma tokara Indo-West Pacific. 1954
Eudistoma tokarac Northwest Pacific 1953
Eudistoma tridentatum Northeast Atlantic and th 1894
Eudistoma tumidum Western Central Pacific 0.8 TL 1990
Eudistoma vannamei Southwest Atlantic 1977
Eudistoma vineum Western Central Pacific 2001
Eudistoma viride Western Central Pacific. 1955
Eudistoma vitreum Northeast Atlantic and No 1851
Eudistoma vulgare Western Central Pacific 1988
Exostoma ianthinum Western Central Pacific. 1909
Polycitor adriaticus Atlantic and the Mediterr 1883
Polycitor africanus Indo-West Pacific. 1999
Polycitor annulus Western Central Pacific 1990
Polycitor calamus Indo-West Pacific 1990
Polycitor cerasus Eastern Indian Ocean 1990
Polycitor circes Indo-West Pacific. 6 H 1930
Polycitor clava Indo-West Pacific. 1938
Polycitor columna Eastern Indian Ocean 1954
Polycitor crypticus Eastern Indian Ocean 1970
Polycitor crystallinus Western Central Pacific, 1804
Polycitor cuneatus Western Indian Ocean 1964
Polycitor emergens Indo-West Pacific 1990
Polycitor epicolon Western Indian Ocean 2006
Polycitor fungiformis Southwest Atlantic 1970
Polycitor gelatinosum Australia. 1957
Polycitor giganteus Indo-West Pacific 6 COLD 1899
Polycitor glareosus Antarctica. 1906
Polycitor nubilus Eastern Indian Ocean 1990
Polycitor obeliscus Eastern Indian Ocean 1972
Polycitor profundus Eastern Indian Ocean 1971
Polycitor proliferus Northwest Pacific
Polycitor protectans Southwest Pacific 1899
Polycitor searli Northeast Atlantic 1952
Polycitor subarborensis Southwest Pacific 1957
Polycitor translucidus Indo-West Pacific. 1957
Rhombifera caerulea Northeast Atlantic and th 1956
Salix ianthina Western Central Pacific. 1909
Tetrazona ciemari Antarctic Atlantic 2007
Tetrazona glareosa Antarctic Atlantic and In 1906
Tetrazona porrecta Western Indian Ocean 1962



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