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Family: Ammotheidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Achelia alaskensis []	No picture found Achelia anomala []	No picture found Achelia assimilis [Sea spiders]
No picture found Achelia australiensis []	No picture found Achelia barnardi []	No picture found Achelia besnardi []
No picture found Achelia bituberculata []	No picture found Achelia borealis []	No picture found Achelia boschi []
No picture found Achelia brevicauda []	No picture found Achelia brevirostris []	No picture found Achelia bullosa []
No picture found Achelia chelata []	No picture found Achelia columnaris []	No picture found Achelia communis []
No picture found Achelia crurispinifera []	No picture found Achelia deodata []	No picture found Achelia dohrni []
No picture found Achelia echinata []	No picture found Achelia fernandeziana []	No picture found Achelia gracilipes []
No picture found Achelia gracilis []	No picture found Achelia hariettae []	No picture found Achelia hoekii []
No picture found Achelia kamtschatica []	No picture found Achelia kiiensis []	No picture found Achelia kurilensis []
No picture found Achelia laevis []	No picture found Achelia lagena []	No picture found Achelia lagenaria []
No picture found Achelia langi []	No picture found Achelia latifrons []	No picture found Achelia lavrentii []
No picture found Achelia litke []	No picture found Achelia megacephala []	No picture found Achelia megova []
No picture found Achelia mixta []	No picture found Achelia nana []	No picture found Achelia neotenica []
No picture found Achelia orientalis []	No picture found Achelia orpax []	No picture found Achelia oshimai []
No picture found Achelia ovosetosa []	No picture found Achelia parvula []	No picture found Achelia pribilofensis []
No picture found Achelia quadridentata []	No picture found Achelia salebrosa []	No picture found Achelia sawayai []
No picture found Achelia scabra []	No picture found Achelia segmentata []	No picture found Achelia serratipalpis []
No picture found Achelia setulosa []	No picture found Achelia simplex []	No picture found Achelia simplissima []
No picture found Achelia socors []	No picture found Achelia spatula []	No picture found Achelia spicata []
No picture found Achelia spinosa []	No picture found Achelia spinoseta []	No picture found Achelia sufflata []
No picture found Achelia superba []	No picture found Achelia tenuipes []	No picture found Achelia transfuga []
No picture found Achelia transfugoides []	No picture found Achelia turba []	No picture found Achelia vulgaris []
No picture found Achelia watamu []	No picture found Acheliana tropicalis []	No picture found Ammothea acheliata []
No picture found Ammothea adunca []	No picture found Ammothea allopodes []	No picture found Ammothea antipodensis []
No picture found Ammothea armentis []	No picture found Ammothea australiensis []	No picture found Ammothea bentartica []
No picture found Ammothea bicorniculata []	No picture found Ammothea calmani []	No picture found Ammothea carolinensis []
No picture found Ammothea childi []	No picture found Ammothea clausi []	No picture found Ammothea depolaris []
No picture found Ammothea dorsiplicata []	No picture found Ammothea gigantea []	No picture found Ammothea glacialis []
No picture found Ammothea gordonae []	No picture found Ammothea hedgpethi []	No picture found Ammothea hilgendorfi [Hilgendorf's sea spider]
No picture found Ammothea insularis []	No picture found Ammothea longispina []	No picture found Ammothea magniceps []
No picture found Ammothea makara []	No picture found Ammothea meridionalis []	No picture found Ammothea minor []
No picture found Ammothea ovatoides []	No picture found Ammothea profunda []	No picture found Ammothea pseudospinosa []
No picture found Ammothea sexarticulata []	No picture found Ammothea spicula []	No picture found Ammothea spinosa []
No picture found Ammothea striata []	No picture found Ammothea stylirostris []	No picture found Ammothea tetrapora []
No picture found Ammothea tibialis []	No picture found Ammothea uru []	No picture found Ammothea verenae []
No picture found Ammothea victoriae []	No picture found Ammothella alcalai []	No picture found Ammothella appendiculata []
No picture found Ammothella biunguiculata []	No picture found Ammothella cymosa []	No picture found Ammothella dawsoni []
No picture found Ammothella elegantula []	No picture found Ammothella exornata []	No picture found Ammothella gibraltarensis []
No picture found Ammothella hedgpethi []	No picture found Ammothella heterosetosa []	No picture found Ammothella indica []
No picture found Ammothella japonica []	No picture found Ammothella longioculata []	No picture found Ammothella longipes []
No picture found Ammothella marcusi []	No picture found Ammothella menziesi []	No picture found Ammothella nimia []
No picture found Ammothella omanensis []	No picture found Ammothella ovalis []	No picture found Ammothella pacifica []
No picture found Ammothella panamensis []	No picture found Ammothella paradisiaca []	No picture found Ammothella pilosa []
No picture found Ammothella prolixa []	No picture found Ammothella rostrata []	No picture found Ammothella rotundata []
No picture found Ammothella rugulosa []	No picture found Ammothella setacea []	No picture found Ammothella setosa []
No picture found Ammothella spinifera []	No picture found Ammothella stauromata []	No picture found Ammothella stocki []
No picture found Ammothella symbia []	No picture found Ammothella thetidis []	No picture found Ammothella tippula []
No picture found Ammothella tuberculata []	No picture found Ammothella tubicen []	No picture found Ammothella uniunguiculata []
No picture found Ammothella vanninii []	No picture found Ascorhynchus abyssi []	No picture found Ascorhynchus agassizi []
No picture found Ascorhynchus antipodus []	No picture found Ascorhynchus arenicolum []	No picture found Ascorhynchus armatus []
No picture found Ascorhynchus athernum []	No picture found Ascorhynchus auchenicum []	No picture found Ascorhynchus bacescui []
No picture found Ascorhynchus birsteini []	No picture found Ascorhynchus breviscapus []	No picture found Ascorhynchus bucerus []
No picture found Ascorhynchus cactoides []	No picture found Ascorhynchus castelli []	No picture found Ascorhynchus castellioides []
No picture found Ascorhynchus colei []	No picture found Ascorhynchus comatus []	No picture found Ascorhynchus compactus []
No picture found Ascorhynchus constrictus []	No picture found Ascorhynchus cooki []	No picture found Ascorhynchus corderoi []
No picture found Ascorhynchus crenatus []	No picture found Ascorhynchus cryptopygius []	No picture found Ascorhynchus cuculus []
No picture found Ascorhynchus dietheus []	No picture found Ascorhynchus discrepans []	No picture found Ascorhynchus endoparasiticus []
No picture found Ascorhynchus foresti []	No picture found Ascorhynchus fragilis []	No picture found Ascorhynchus fusticulus []
No picture found Ascorhynchus glaber []	No picture found Ascorhynchus glaberrimus []	No picture found Ascorhynchus hedgpethi []
No picture found Ascorhynchus heuresis []	No picture found Ascorhynchus horologius []	No picture found Ascorhynchus insularus []
No picture found Ascorhynchus ios []	No picture found Ascorhynchus japonicus []	No picture found Ascorhynchus laterospinus []
No picture found Ascorhynchus latipes []	No picture found Ascorhynchus levissimus []	No picture found Ascorhynchus longicollis []
No picture found Ascorhynchus losinalosinskii []	No picture found Ascorhynchus mariae []	No picture found Ascorhynchus melwardi []
No picture found Ascorhynchus meteor []	No picture found Ascorhynchus miniscapus []	No picture found Ascorhynchus minutus []
No picture found Ascorhynchus okai []	No picture found Ascorhynchus ornatus []	No picture found Ascorhynchus orthorhynchus []
No picture found Ascorhynchus orthostomum []	No picture found Ascorhynchus ovicoxa []	No picture found Ascorhynchus pararmatus []
No picture found Ascorhynchus parvituberculatus []	No picture found Ascorhynchus paxillum []	No picture found Ascorhynchus pennai []
No picture found Ascorhynchus pilipes []	No picture found Ascorhynchus prosus []	No picture found Ascorhynchus pudicus []
No picture found Ascorhynchus pyrginospinum []	No picture found Ascorhynchus ramipes []	No picture found Ascorhynchus serratus []
No picture found Ascorhynchus seticauda []	No picture found Ascorhynchus simile []	No picture found Ascorhynchus simplex []
No picture found Ascorhynchus somaliensis []	No picture found Ascorhynchus stocki []	No picture found Ascorhynchus tenuirostris []
No picture found Ascorhynchus tuberosus []	No picture found Ascorhynchus turritus []	No picture found Ascorhynchus utinomii []
No picture found Ascorhynchus verrucosus []	No picture found Austroraptus calcaratus []	No picture found Austroraptus juvenilis []
No picture found Austroraptus polaris []	No picture found Austroraptus praecox []	No picture found Austroraptus sicarius []
No picture found Bathyzetes extenuata []	No picture found Bathyzetes setiger []	No picture found Bathyzetes umbrella []
No picture found Bathyzetes virago []	No picture found Biammothea brevipalpa []	No picture found Boehmia dubia []
No picture found Boehmia longirostris []	No picture found Boehmia tuberosa []	No picture found Chonothea hians []
No picture found Chonothea verrucosa []	No picture found Cilunculus acanthus []	No picture found Cilunculus achelioides []
No picture found Cilunculus alcicornis []	No picture found Cilunculus antillensis []	No picture found Cilunculus armatus []
No picture found Cilunculus ateuchus []	No picture found Cilunculus australiensis []	No picture found Cilunculus battenae []
No picture found Cilunculus bifidus []	No picture found Cilunculus cactoides []	No picture found Cilunculus compactus []
No picture found Cilunculus crinitus []	No picture found Cilunculus cymobostrychos []	No picture found Cilunculus europaeus []
No picture found Cilunculus frontosus []	No picture found Cilunculus galeritus []	No picture found Cilunculus gracilis []
No picture found Cilunculus hardai []	No picture found Cilunculus hirsutus []	No picture found Cilunculus japonica []
No picture found Cilunculus kravcovi []	No picture found Cilunculus mergus []	No picture found Cilunculus pedatus []
No picture found Cilunculus perspicax []	No picture found Cilunculus profundus []	No picture found Cilunculus scaurus []
No picture found Cilunculus sekiguchii []	No picture found Cilunculus sewelli []	No picture found Cilunculus spinicristus []
No picture found Cilunculus tubicinis []	No picture found Dromedopycnon acanthus []	No picture found Dromedopycnon arthritis []
No picture found Elassorhis laterospinata []	No picture found Ephyrogymna circularis []	No picture found Eurycyde acanthopus []
No picture found Eurycyde antarctica []	No picture found Eurycyde arctica []	No picture found Eurycyde clitellaria []
No picture found Eurycyde curvata []	No picture found Eurycyde depressa []	No picture found Eurycyde diacantha []
No picture found Eurycyde flagella []	No picture found Eurycyde gorda []	No picture found Eurycyde hispida []
No picture found Eurycyde longioculata []	No picture found Eurycyde longisetosa []	No picture found Eurycyde muricata []
No picture found Eurycyde platyspina []	No picture found Eurycyde raphiaster []	No picture found Eurycyde sertula []
No picture found Eurycyde setosa []	No picture found Eurycyde spinosa []	No picture found Eurycyde unispina []
No picture found Hedgpethius interstitialis []	No picture found Hedgpethius mamillatus []	No picture found Hedgpethius tridentatus []
No picture found Hemichela longiunguis []	No picture found Hemichela micrasterias []	No picture found Heterofragilia amica []
No picture found Heterofragilia brevicauda []	No picture found Heterofragilia fimbriata []	No picture found Heterofragilia hirsuta []
No picture found Heterofragilia major []	No picture found Nymphonella lambertensis []	No picture found Nymphonella tapetis []
No picture found Nymphopsis acinacispinatus []	No picture found Nymphopsis anarthra []	No picture found Nymphopsis armatus []
No picture found Nymphopsis curtiscapus []	No picture found Nymphopsis cuspidata []	No picture found Nymphopsis dromedaria []
No picture found Nymphopsis duodorsospinosa []	No picture found Nymphopsis korotnewi []	No picture found Nymphopsis melidae []
No picture found Nymphopsis muscosa []	No picture found Nymphopsis spinosissima []	No picture found Nymphopsis varipes []
No picture found Oorhynchus aucklandiae []	No picture found Paranymphon filarium []	No picture found Paranymphon magnidigitatum []
No picture found Paranymphon spinosum []	No picture found Proboehmia tubirostris []	No picture found Prototrygaeus ammothelloides []
No picture found Prototrygaeus contrarius []	No picture found Prototrygaeus jordanae []	No picture found Pycnofragilia hamisetosa []
No picture found Scipiolus plumosus []	No picture found Scipiolus spinosus []	No picture found Scipiolus validus []
No picture found Sericosura cochleifovea []	No picture found Sericosura cyrtoma []	No picture found Sericosura mitrata []
No picture found Sericosura venticola []	No picture found Tanystylum acuminatum []	No picture found Tanystylum antipodum []
No picture found Tanystylum beuroisi []	No picture found Tanystylum bigibbosum []	No picture found Tanystylum birkelandi []
No picture found Tanystylum bredini []	No picture found Tanystylum brevicaudatum []	No picture found Tanystylum brevipes [Compact sea spider]
No picture found Tanystylum calcirostrum []	No picture found Tanystylum californicum []	No picture found Tanystylum cavidorsum []
No picture found Tanystylum chierchiai []	No picture found Tanystylum cinctum []	No picture found Tanystylum conirostre []
No picture found Tanystylum distinctum []	No picture found Tanystylum dowi []	No picture found Tanystylum duospinum []
No picture found Tanystylum evelinae []	No picture found Tanystylum excuratum []	No picture found Tanystylum geminum []
No picture found Tanystylum grossifemora [Yellow hairy sea spider]	No picture found Tanystylum haswelli []	No picture found Tanystylum hooperi []
No picture found Tanystylum hummelincki []	No picture found Tanystylum intermedium []	No picture found Tanystylum isabellae []
No picture found Tanystylum isthmiacum []	No picture found Tanystylum malpelensis []	No picture found Tanystylum neorhetum []
No picture found Tanystylum occidentalis []	No picture found Tanystylum oculospinosum []	No picture found Tanystylum oedinotum []
No picture found Tanystylum orbiculare []	No picture found Tanystylum ornatum []	No picture found Tanystylum philippinensis []
No picture found Tanystylum rehderi []	No picture found Tanystylum scrutator []	No picture found Tanystylum sinoabductus []
No picture found Tanystylum styligerum []	No picture found Tanystylum thermophilum []	No picture found Tanystylum ulreungum []
No picture found Trygaeus communis []

367 Species of Family Ammotheidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Achelia alaskensis		Pacific and Arctic Oceans	1 LS
Achelia anomala		Northeast Atlantic
Achelia assimilis	Sea spiders	Indo-Pacific and Southwes	0.14 TRKL
Achelia australiensis		Southwest Pacific
Achelia barnardi		Southeast Atlantic
Achelia besnardi		Indo-Pacific and Western
Achelia bituberculata		Northwest Pacific
Achelia borealis		Indo-Pacific, Atlantic an
Achelia boschi		Western Indian Ocean
Achelia brevicauda		Southeast Atlantic
Achelia brevirostris		North Pacific
Achelia bullosa		Western Central Pacific
Achelia chelata		Western Central Atlantic
Achelia columnaris		Southwest Atlantic
Achelia communis		Antarctic and Atlantic.
Achelia crurispinifera		Northwest Pacific
Achelia deodata		Indo-West Pacific
Achelia dohrni		Southwest Pacific
Achelia echinata		Northwest Pacific, Atlant
Achelia fernandeziana		Southeast Pacific.
Achelia gracilipes		Eastern Central Pacific
Achelia gracilis		Western Central Atlantic.
Achelia hariettae		Northeast Pacific
Achelia hoekii		Antarctic Atlantic and Pa
Achelia kamtschatica		Northwest Pacific
Achelia kiiensis		Northwest Pacific
Achelia kurilensis		Northwest Pacific
Achelia laevis		Northeast Atlantic.
Achelia lagena		Southwest Atlantic
Achelia lagenaria		Western Indian Ocean
Achelia langi		Eastern Atlantic and the
Achelia latifrons		Pacific Ocean
Achelia lavrentii		Northwest Pacific.
Achelia litke		Northwest Pacific.
Achelia megacephala		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Achelia megova		Pacific Ocean	1.1 LS
Achelia mixta		Western Central Pacific
Achelia nana		Indo-West Pacific
Achelia neotenica		Northwest Pacific and Arc
Achelia orientalis		Northwest Pacific
Achelia orpax		Northwest Pacific
Achelia oshimai		Northwest Pacific
Achelia ovosetosa		Eastern Pacific	2.15 LS
Achelia parvula		Western Indian Ocean and
Achelia pribilofensis		Northwest Pacific
Achelia quadridentata		Western Indian Ocean, Sou
Achelia salebrosa		Northwest Pacific
Achelia sawayai		Western Atlantic and Indo
Achelia scabra		Northwest Atlantic
Achelia segmentata		Northwest Pacific
Achelia serratipalpis		Antarctic Pacific and Atl
Achelia setulosa		Eastern Atlantic
Achelia simplex		Northeast Atlantic and Me
Achelia simplissima		Eastern Pacific
Achelia socors		Western Central Pacific
Achelia spatula		Northwest Pacific
Achelia spicata		Antarctic.
Achelia spinosa		Northeast Pacific, Northw
Achelia spinoseta		Eastern Pacific
Achelia sufflata		Antarctic.
Achelia superba		Northwest Pacific
Achelia tenuipes		Eastern Atlantic
Achelia transfuga		Southwest Pacific
Achelia transfugoides		Eastern Indian Ocean
Achelia turba		Eastern Atlantic
Achelia vulgaris		Northeast Atlantic and th
Achelia watamu		Western Indian Ocean
Acheliana tropicalis		Southwest Indian Ocean.
Ammothea acheliata		Southwest Pacific	0.14 LS
Ammothea adunca		Antarctic Indian Ocean an	16.3 LS
Ammothea allopodes		Antarctic Atlantic
Ammothea antipodensis		Southwest Pacific	1.6 LS
Ammothea armentis		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Ammothea australiensis		Indo-West Pacific
Ammothea bentartica		Antarctic Atlantic
Ammothea bicorniculata		Atlantic Antarctic
Ammothea calmani		Antarctic
Ammothea carolinensis		Antarctic.
Ammothea childi		Antarctic Ocean
Ammothea clausi		Antarctic.
Ammothea depolaris		Southwest Atlantic
Ammothea dorsiplicata		Eastern Pacific
Ammothea gigantea		Atlantic Antarctic and Pa
Ammothea glacialis		Antarctic.
Ammothea gordonae		Pacific Antarctic
Ammothea hedgpethi		Northwest Pacific
Ammothea hilgendorfi	Hilgendorf's sea spider	Northeast Atlantic, Pacif
Ammothea insularis		Southwest Pacific
Ammothea longispina		Southwest Atlantic and An
Ammothea magniceps		Indo-West Pacific
Ammothea makara		Southwest Pacific
Ammothea meridionalis		Antarctic Atlantic
Ammothea minor		Antarctic.
Ammothea ovatoides		Eastern Indian Ocean
Ammothea profunda		Northwest Pacific
Ammothea pseudospinosa		Antarctic Ocean
Ammothea sexarticulata		Southwest Atlantic and An
Ammothea spicula		Northwest Pacific
Ammothea spinosa		Southwest Atlantic and th
Ammothea striata		Antarctic.
Ammothea stylirostris		Atlantic Antarctic
Ammothea tetrapora		Southwest Atlantic and An
Ammothea tibialis		Antarctic Atlantic.
Ammothea uru		Southwest Pacific
Ammothea verenae		Northeast Pacific
Ammothea victoriae		Antarctic Ocean
Ammothella alcalai		Western Central Pacific	1 LS
Ammothella appendiculata		Indo-Pacific, Eastern Cen
Ammothella biunguiculata		Indo-Pacific and the Medi
Ammothella cymosa		Northwest Pacific
Ammothella dawsoni		Southeast Pacific
Ammothella elegantula		Western Central Pacific
Ammothella exornata		Western Central Atlantic
Ammothella gibraltarensis		Western Mediterranean
Ammothella hedgpethi		Eastern Central Atlantic
Ammothella heterosetosa		Eastern Pacific
Ammothella indica		Indo-Pacific
Ammothella japonica		Northwest Pacific
Ammothella longioculata		Mediterranean
Ammothella longipes		Northeast Atlantic and th
Ammothella marcusi		Western Central Atlantic
Ammothella menziesi		Eastern Pacific
Ammothella nimia		Indo-West Pacific
Ammothella omanensis		Western Indian Ocean
Ammothella ovalis		Western Central Pacific
Ammothella pacifica		Pacific Ocean
Ammothella panamensis		Western Central Atlantic	0.7 LS
Ammothella paradisiaca		Pacific Ocean
Ammothella pilosa		Northwest Pacific
Ammothella prolixa		Western Central Pacific
Ammothella rostrata		Northwest Pacific
Ammothella rotundata		Western Central Pacific
Ammothella rugulosa		Western Central Atlantic
Ammothella setacea		Southeast Atlantic
Ammothella setosa		Eastern Pacific
Ammothella spinifera		Northeast Pacific and Wes
Ammothella stauromata		Indo-Pacific
Ammothella stocki		Southwest Pacific
Ammothella symbia		Eastern Pacific
Ammothella thetidis		Southwest Pacific
Ammothella tippula		Indo-West Pacific
Ammothella tuberculata		Eastern Pacific
Ammothella tubicen		Eastern Central Atlantic
Ammothella uniunguiculata		Southeast Atlantic and th
Ammothella vanninii		Western Indian Ocean
Ascorhynchus abyssi		Northeast Atlantic and th
Ascorhynchus agassizi		Eastern Central Pacific
Ascorhynchus antipodus		Southwest Pacific
Ascorhynchus arenicolum		Southeast Atlantic and th
Ascorhynchus armatus		Western Atlantic and Indo
Ascorhynchus athernum		Northwest Atlantic.
Ascorhynchus auchenicum		Northwest Pacific.
Ascorhynchus bacescui		Western Indian Ocean
Ascorhynchus birsteini		Southeast Pacific
Ascorhynchus breviscapus		Western Central Pacific.
Ascorhynchus bucerus		Northwest Pacific
Ascorhynchus cactoides		Western Central Pacific
Ascorhynchus castelli		Western Atlantic and the
Ascorhynchus castellioides		Western Central Atlantic
Ascorhynchus colei		Western Central Atlantic
Ascorhynchus comatus		Eastern Pacific
Ascorhynchus compactus		Indo-West Pacific
Ascorhynchus constrictus		Western Central Pacific
Ascorhynchus cooki		Southwest Pacific and the
Ascorhynchus corderoi		Indo-Pacific
Ascorhynchus crenatus		Western Central Atlantic
Ascorhynchus cryptopygius		Northwest Pacific
Ascorhynchus cuculus		Atlantic Antarctic
Ascorhynchus dietheus		Western Indian Ocean.
Ascorhynchus discrepans		Western Central Atlantic
Ascorhynchus endoparasiticus		Northeast Atlantic
Ascorhynchus foresti		Western Central Pacific
Ascorhynchus fragilis		Western Pacific
Ascorhynchus fusticulus		Northwest Pacific
Ascorhynchus glaber		Antarctic and Western Ind
Ascorhynchus glaberrimus		Northwest Pacific
Ascorhynchus hedgpethi		Southwest Atlantic
Ascorhynchus heuresis		Northeast Atlantic.
Ascorhynchus horologius		Western Central Atlantic
Ascorhynchus insularus		Southwest Pacific
Ascorhynchus ios		Eastern Central Atlantic
Ascorhynchus japonicus		Pacific Ocean
Ascorhynchus laterospinus		Eastern Pacific
Ascorhynchus latipes		Western and Central Atlan
Ascorhynchus levissimus		Central Indo-West Pacific
Ascorhynchus longicollis		Indo-West Pacific
Ascorhynchus losinalosinskii		Northwest Pacific
Ascorhynchus mariae		Northwest Pacific
Ascorhynchus melwardi		Western Central Pacific
Ascorhynchus meteor		Western Indian Ocean
Ascorhynchus miniscapus		Western Central Pacific
Ascorhynchus minutus		Western Central Pacific
Ascorhynchus okai		Western Pacific
Ascorhynchus ornatus		Southeast Atlantic, Pacif
Ascorhynchus orthorhynchus		Western Central Pacific
Ascorhynchus orthostomum		Southwest Pacific	4.6 LS
Ascorhynchus ovicoxa		Western Atlantic
Ascorhynchus pararmatus		Western Central Atlantic
Ascorhynchus parvituberculatus		Northwest Pacific
Ascorhynchus paxillum		Eastern Pacific.
Ascorhynchus pennai		Southwest Atlantic
Ascorhynchus pilipes		Western Central Pacific
Ascorhynchus prosus		Northwest Pacific
Ascorhynchus pudicus		Northeast Atlantic and th
Ascorhynchus pyrginospinum		Northwest Pacific and Wes
Ascorhynchus ramipes		Northwest Pacific
Ascorhynchus serratus		Western Central Atlantic
Ascorhynchus seticauda		Indo-West Pacific
Ascorhynchus simile		Eastern Central Atlantic
Ascorhynchus simplex		Northwest Pacific
Ascorhynchus somaliensis		Western Indian Ocean
Ascorhynchus stocki		Northwest Pacific
Ascorhynchus tenuirostris		Western Central Pacific
Ascorhynchus tuberosus		Northwest Pacific
Ascorhynchus turritus		Atlantic Ocean. Tropical
Ascorhynchus utinomii		Northwest Pacific
Ascorhynchus verrucosus		Central Indo-West Pacific
Austroraptus calcaratus		Antarctic Pacific
Austroraptus juvenilis		Antarctic South Georgia,
Austroraptus polaris		Antarctic
Austroraptus praecox		Antarctic
Austroraptus sicarius		Antarctic Atlantic
Bathyzetes extenuata		Western Indian Ocean
Bathyzetes setiger		Indo-West Pacific.
Bathyzetes umbrella		Western Central Pacific
Bathyzetes virago		Indo-West Pacific
Biammothea brevipalpa		Southwest Atlantic and An
Boehmia dubia		Antarctic Pacific
Boehmia longirostris		Western Indian Ocean
Boehmia tuberosa		Western Indian Ocean
Chonothea hians		Northwest Pacific
Chonothea verrucosa		Northwest Pacific
Cilunculus acanthus		Southwest Atlantic and An
Cilunculus achelioides		Indo-West Pacific
Cilunculus alcicornis		Northeast Atlantic
Cilunculus antillensis		Western Central Atlantic
Cilunculus armatus		Northwest Pacific
Cilunculus ateuchus		Western Central Pacific
Cilunculus australiensis		Indo-West Pacific
Cilunculus battenae		Eastern Atlantic
Cilunculus bifidus		Southeast Atlantic
Cilunculus cactoides		Southwest Pacific and the
Cilunculus compactus		Western Central Pacific
Cilunculus crinitus		Indo-West Pacific
Cilunculus cymobostrychos		Western Central Pacific
Cilunculus europaeus		Eastern Atlantic and the
Cilunculus frontosus		Western Central Pacific
Cilunculus galeritus		Northwest Pacific
Cilunculus gracilis		Northwest Pacific
Cilunculus hardai		Northwest Pacific
Cilunculus hirsutus		Western Central Pacific
Cilunculus japonica		Northwest Pacific
Cilunculus kravcovi		Antarctic
Cilunculus mergus		Western Central Pacific
Cilunculus pedatus		Pacific Ocean
Cilunculus perspicax		Central Indo-West Pacific
Cilunculus profundus		Northwest Pacific
Cilunculus scaurus		Western Central Pacific
Cilunculus sekiguchii		Northwest Pacific
Cilunculus sewelli		Southeast Atlantic and In
Cilunculus spinicristus		Southwest Pacific
Cilunculus tubicinis		Northeast Atlantic
Dromedopycnon acanthus		Southwest Atlantic and An
Dromedopycnon arthritis		Western Central Pacific
Elassorhis laterospinata		Southwest Atlantic
Ephyrogymna circularis		Western Central Atlantic
Eurycyde acanthopus		Western Central Atlantic
Eurycyde antarctica		Antarctic Pacific
Eurycyde arctica		Northwest Pacific	0.95 LS
Eurycyde clitellaria		Western Atlantic and East
Eurycyde curvata		Western Central Atlantic
Eurycyde depressa		Northwest Pacific
Eurycyde diacantha		Eastern Atlantic
Eurycyde flagella		Eastern Indian Ocean
Eurycyde gorda		Western Central Atlantic
Eurycyde hispida		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Eurycyde longioculata		Northeast Pacific (Ref. 1
Eurycyde longisetosa		Eastern Pacific
Eurycyde muricata		Northwest Pacific
Eurycyde platyspina		Southwest Atlantic
Eurycyde raphiaster		Western and Central Atlan
Eurycyde sertula		Western Central Pacific	0.5 LS
Eurycyde setosa		Indo-West Pacific
Eurycyde spinosa		Eastern Pacific
Eurycyde unispina		Western Central Atlantic
Hedgpethius interstitialis		Western Central Atlantic
Hedgpethius mamillatus		Western Central Atlantic
Hedgpethius tridentatus		Western Central Atlantic
Hemichela longiunguis		Western Central Pacific
Hemichela micrasterias		Western Central Pacific
Heterofragilia amica		Northwest Pacific
Heterofragilia brevicauda		Western Pacific
Heterofragilia fimbriata		Western Central Atlantic
Heterofragilia hirsuta		Northwest Pacific
Heterofragilia major		Western Central Atlantic
Nymphonella lambertensis		Southeast Atlantic
Nymphonella tapetis		Northwest Pacific and the
Nymphopsis acinacispinatus		Indo-West Pacific
Nymphopsis anarthra		Western Central Atlantic
Nymphopsis armatus		Western Central Pacific
Nymphopsis curtiscapus		Western Indian Ocean
Nymphopsis cuspidata		Southeast Atlantic
Nymphopsis dromedaria		Western Central Atlantic
Nymphopsis duodorsospinosa		Western Atlantic and Paci
Nymphopsis korotnewi		Indo-West Pacific
Nymphopsis melidae		Southwest Atlantic
Nymphopsis muscosa		Central Indo-West Pacific
Nymphopsis spinosissima		Eastern Pacific
Nymphopsis varipes		Southeast Atlantic
Oorhynchus aucklandiae		Southwest Pacific
Paranymphon filarium		Western Atlantic
Paranymphon magnidigitatum		Northwest Pacific
Paranymphon spinosum		Northern Pacific, Atlanti
Proboehmia tubirostris		Indo-West Pacific
Prototrygaeus ammothelloides		Western Central Atlantic
Prototrygaeus contrarius		Southeast Pacific
Prototrygaeus jordanae		Eastern Pacific
Pycnofragilia hamisetosa		Central Indo-West Pacific
Scipiolus plumosus		Indo-West Pacific.
Scipiolus spinosus		Northwest Pacific
Scipiolus validus		Northwest Pacific
Sericosura cochleifovea		Pacific Ocean
Sericosura cyrtoma		Southeast Pacific (easter
Sericosura mitrata		Antarctic Pacific
Sericosura venticola		Northern Pacific.
Tanystylum acuminatum		Western Central Atlantic
Tanystylum antipodum		Indo-West Pacific
Tanystylum beuroisi		Western Indian Ocean
Tanystylum bigibbosum		Eastern Atlantic
Tanystylum birkelandi		Western Central Atlantic
Tanystylum bredini		Indo-Pacific
Tanystylum brevicaudatum		Eastern Central Atlantic
Tanystylum brevipes	Compact sea spider	Southeast Atlantic and We
Tanystylum calcirostrum		Eastern Central Pacific a
Tanystylum californicum		Eastern Pacific.
Tanystylum cavidorsum		Southwest Pacific and Ant
Tanystylum chierchiai		Southeast Pacific
Tanystylum cinctum		Southeast Pacific
Tanystylum conirostre		Western Atlantic and the
Tanystylum distinctum		Southeast Pacific
Tanystylum dowi		Eastern Central Pacific
Tanystylum duospinum		Western Central Atlantic
Tanystylum evelinae		Southwest Atlantic
Tanystylum excuratum		Southwest Pacific
Tanystylum geminum		Western Central Atlantic
Tanystylum grossifemora	Yellow hairy sea spider	Pacific and Arctic Oceans	0.2 TRKL
Tanystylum haswelli		Western Central Pacific
Tanystylum hooperi		Western Pacific
Tanystylum hummelincki		Western Central Atlantic
Tanystylum intermedium		Eastern Pacific.
Tanystylum isabellae		Western Central Pacific a
Tanystylum isthmiacum		Western Central Atlantic
Tanystylum malpelensis		Eastern Pacific
Tanystylum neorhetum		Southern Pacific, Souther
Tanystylum occidentalis		Eastern Pacific
Tanystylum oculospinosum		Indo-Pacific and Western
Tanystylum oedinotum		Antarctic Indian Ocean, S
Tanystylum orbiculare		Indo-West Pacific, Southw
Tanystylum ornatum		Southeast Atlantic and We
Tanystylum philippinensis		Western Central Pacific	0.45 LS
Tanystylum rehderi		Indo-West Pacific.
Tanystylum scrutator		Indo-West Pacific
Tanystylum sinoabductus		Northwest Pacific
Tanystylum styligerum		Antarctic Indian Ocean an
Tanystylum thermophilum		Southeast Atlantic and We
Tanystylum ulreungum		Northwest Pacific
Trygaeus communis		Eastern Atlantic and Medi

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