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Family: Tetillidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Acanthotetilla celebensis []	No picture found Acanthotetilla hemisphaerica []	No picture found Cinachyra alloclada []
Cinachyra antarctica []	No picture found Cinachyra barbata []	No picture found Cinachyrella alloclada []
No picture found Cinachyrella apion []	No picture found Cinachyrella arabica []	No picture found Cinachyrella arenosa []
No picture found Cinachyrella australiensis []	No picture found Cinachyrella clavaeformis []	No picture found Cinachyrella clavigera []
No picture found Cinachyrella crustata []	No picture found Cinachyrella hirsuta []	No picture found Cinachyrella kuekenthali []
No picture found Cinachyrella macellata []	No picture found Cinachyrella paterifera []	No picture found Cinachyrella schulzei []
No picture found Cinachyrella solis []	No picture found Cinachyrella strongylophora []	No picture found Cinachyrella tarentina []
No picture found Cinachyrella tenuiviolacea []	No picture found Craniella abracadabra []	No picture found Craniella arb []
No picture found Craniella carteri []	No picture found Craniella coactifera []	No picture found Craniella craniana []
No picture found Craniella cranium []	No picture found Craniella crassispicula []	No picture found Craniella curviclada []
No picture found Craniella insidiosa []	No picture found Craniella lens []	No picture found Craniella lissi []
No picture found Craniella neocaledoniae []	No picture found Craniella oxeata []	No picture found Craniella polyura [Tailed globular horny sponge]
No picture found Craniella simillima []	No picture found Craniella spinosa [Spiny tennis ball sponge]	No picture found Craniella tethyoides []
No picture found Craniella villosa [Tennis ball sponge]	No picture found Paratetilla bacca []	No picture found Paratetilla corrugata []
No picture found Tetilla ciliata []	No picture found Tetilla coronida []	No picture found Tetilla dactyloidea []
No picture found Tetilla disigmata []	No picture found Tetilla enoi []	No picture found Tetilla falcipara []
Tetilla leptoderma []	No picture found Tetilla microxea []	No picture found Tetilla muricyi []
No picture found Tetilla pedifera []	No picture found Tetilla pentatriaena []	No picture found Tetilla ridleyi []
No picture found Tetilla rodriguesi []	No picture found Tetilla sandalina []	No picture found Tetilla schulzei []
No picture found Tetilla sibirica [Siberian horny sponge]	No picture found Tetilla sigmophora []	No picture found Tetilla spinosa []
No picture found Tetilla zetlandica []

61 Species of Family Tetillidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Acanthotetilla celebensis		Western Central Pacific
Acanthotetilla hemisphaerica		Western Indian Ocean
Cinachyra alloclada		Western Central Atlantic
Cinachyra antarctica		Antarctic.
Cinachyra barbata		Western Central Pacific a
Cinachyrella alloclada		Atlantic Ocean.	10 WD
Cinachyrella apion		Western Central Atlantic.	10 WD
Cinachyrella arabica		Indo-West Pacific.
Cinachyrella arenosa		Western Atlantic.
Cinachyrella australiensis		Indo-West Pacific
Cinachyrella clavaeformis		Southwest Atlantic
Cinachyrella clavigera		Western Central Pacific
Cinachyrella crustata		Western Central Pacific
Cinachyrella hirsuta		Indo-West Pacific
Cinachyrella kuekenthali		Western Atlantic.
Cinachyrella macellata		Western Central Pacific
Cinachyrella paterifera		Western Central Pacific
Cinachyrella schulzei		Indo-West Pacific
Cinachyrella solis		Southeast Pacific
Cinachyrella strongylophora		Southwest Atlantic
Cinachyrella tarentina		Indo-West Pacific, Atlant
Cinachyrella tenuiviolacea		Western Central Pacific
Craniella abracadabra		Central Pacific
Craniella arb		Eastern Pacific	20 WD
Craniella carteri		Western Central Pacific a
Craniella coactifera		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Craniella craniana		Arctic
Craniella cranium		Indo-West Pacific, Wester
Craniella crassispicula		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Craniella curviclada		Southwest Atlantic
Craniella insidiosa		Western Central Atlantic
Craniella lens		Western Central Atlantic
Craniella lissi		Southeast Pacific
Craniella neocaledoniae		Western Central Pacific.
Craniella oxeata		Western Indian Ocean
Craniella polyura	Tailed globular horny sponge	Northeast Atlantic and th
Craniella simillima		Western Central Pacific.
Craniella spinosa	Spiny tennis ball sponge	Northeast Pacific	7.8 H
Craniella tethyoides		Western Central Atlantic
Craniella villosa	Tennis ball sponge	Northeast Pacific
Paratetilla bacca		Indo-Pacific.
Paratetilla corrugata		Western Indian Ocean
Tetilla ciliata		Western Central Pacific
Tetilla coronida		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Tetilla dactyloidea		Indo-Pacific.
Tetilla disigmata		Western Central Pacific
Tetilla enoi		Western Central Pacific
Tetilla falcipara		Western Central Pacific.
Tetilla leptoderma		Antarctic
Tetilla microxea		Western Central Pacific
Tetilla muricyi		Southwest Atlantic
Tetilla pedifera		Western Central Pacific
Tetilla pentatriaena		Southwest Atlantic
Tetilla ridleyi		Indo-West Pacific.
Tetilla rodriguesi		Southwest Atlantic
Tetilla sandalina		Northern Atlantic and the
Tetilla schulzei		Western Central Pacific
Tetilla sibirica	Siberian horny sponge	Arctic, Northwest Pacific
Tetilla sigmophora		Western Central Atlantic
Tetilla spinosa		Western Central Pacific
Tetilla zetlandica		Western Central Pacific

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