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Family: Coelosphaeridae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Coelosphaera biclavata []	No picture found Coelosphaera bullata []	No picture found Coelosphaera chondroida []
No picture found Coelosphaera dichela []	No picture found Coelosphaera fistula []	No picture found Coelosphaera fucoides []
No picture found Coelosphaera koltuni []	No picture found Coelosphaera navicelligera []	No picture found Coelosphaera pedicellata []
No picture found Coelosphaera raphidifera []	No picture found Coelosphaera tunicata []	No picture found Forcepia fabricans []
No picture found Forcepia forcipis []	No picture found Forcepia lundbecki []	No picture found Forcepia mertoni []
No picture found Forcepia topsenti []	No picture found Inflatella belli []	No picture found Jones amaknakensis []
No picture found Lepidosphaera hindei []	No picture found Lissodendoryx acanthostylota []	No picture found Lissodendoryx amphispinulata []
No picture found Lissodendoryx antarctica []	No picture found Lissodendoryx arenaria []	No picture found Lissodendoryx bifacialis []
No picture found Lissodendoryx calcinaiae []	No picture found Lissodendoryx calypta []	No picture found Lissodendoryx carolinensis []
No picture found Lissodendoryx catenata []	No picture found Lissodendoryx colombiensis []	No picture found Lissodendoryx complicata []
No picture found Lissodendoryx fibrosa [Vermillion red sponge]	No picture found Lissodendoryx flabellata []	No picture found Lissodendoryx fragilis []
No picture found Lissodendoryx frondosa []	No picture found Lissodendoryx fusca []	No picture found Lissodendoryx grata []
No picture found Lissodendoryx hawaiiana []	No picture found Lissodendoryx indistincta [Indefinite horny sponge]	No picture found Lissodendoryx isodictyalis [Garlic sponge]
No picture found Lissodendoryx lundbecki []	No picture found Lissodendoryx microchelifera []	No picture found Lissodendoryx nobilis []
No picture found Lissodendoryx olgae []	No picture found Lissodendoryx paucispinata []	No picture found Lissodendoryx ramilobosa []
No picture found Lissodendoryx schmidti []	No picture found Lissodendoryx sigmata []	No picture found Lissodendoryx similis []
No picture found Lissodendoryx spinulosa []	No picture found Lissodendoryx strongylata []	No picture found Lissodendoryx ternatensis []
No picture found Lissodendoryx timorensis []

52 Species of Family Coelosphaeridae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Coelosphaera biclavata		Western Central Atlantic
Coelosphaera bullata		Western Central Pacific.
Coelosphaera chondroida		Western Central Pacific.
Coelosphaera dichela		Western Central Pacific
Coelosphaera fistula		Western Central Atlantic
Coelosphaera fucoides		Indo-West Pacific.
Coelosphaera koltuni		Antarctic Atlantic
Coelosphaera navicelligera		Western Central Pacific.
Coelosphaera pedicellata		Western Central Pacific.
Coelosphaera raphidifera		Western Central Atlantic
Coelosphaera tunicata		Western Central and North
Forcepia fabricans		Northwest Atlantic and th
Forcepia forcipis		Northeast Atlantic
Forcepia lundbecki		Northwest Atlantic
Forcepia mertoni		Western Central Pacific
Forcepia topsenti		Arctic
Inflatella belli		Southern Ocean
Jones amaknakensis		Eastern Pacific	7.5 H
Lepidosphaera hindei		Western Central Pacific.
Lissodendoryx acanthostylota		Western Central Atlantic
Lissodendoryx amphispinulata		Western Central Atlantic
Lissodendoryx antarctica		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Lissodendoryx arenaria		Western Central Pacific
Lissodendoryx bifacialis		Western Central Pacific
Lissodendoryx calcinaiae		Antarctic Pacific
Lissodendoryx calypta		Eastern Central Pacific
Lissodendoryx carolinensis		Western Atlantic.
Lissodendoryx catenata		Western Central Pacific.
Lissodendoryx colombiensis		Western Central Atlantic	30 OT
Lissodendoryx complicata		Northern Atlantic, Arctic
Lissodendoryx fibrosa	Vermillion red sponge	Western Central Pacific
Lissodendoryx flabellata		Southern Oceans
Lissodendoryx fragilis		Arctic
Lissodendoryx frondosa		Southwest Pacific
Lissodendoryx fusca		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Lissodendoryx grata		Western Central Pacific
Lissodendoryx hawaiiana		Eastern Central Pacific
Lissodendoryx indistincta	Indefinite horny sponge	Arctic and Northern Atlan
Lissodendoryx isodictyalis	Garlic sponge	Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Paci
Lissodendoryx lundbecki		Arctic, Northern Atlantic
Lissodendoryx microchelifera		Western Central Pacific
Lissodendoryx nobilis		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Lissodendoryx olgae		Northeast Atlantic, Arcti
Lissodendoryx paucispinata		Western Central Pacific a
Lissodendoryx ramilobosa		Southern Oceans
Lissodendoryx schmidti		Western Pacific.
Lissodendoryx sigmata		Western Central Atlantic.
Lissodendoryx similis		Indo-West Pacific.
Lissodendoryx spinulosa		Western Atlantic
Lissodendoryx strongylata		Western Central Atlantic
Lissodendoryx ternatensis		Western Central Pacific
Lissodendoryx timorensis		Western Central Pacific

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