Species under Spadella
n= 18
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Spadella angulata
Tokioka, 1951
Northwest Pacific 0.6
Spadella antarctica
Casanova, 1991
Antarctic Atlantic 0.6
Spadella birostrata
Casanova, 1987
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean 0.8
Spadella boucheri
Casanova & Perez, 2000
Northwest Pacific 0.13
Spadella bradshawi
Bieri, 1974
Eastern Central Pacific 0.65
Spadella cephaloptera
(Busch, 1851)
Circumglobal between 40°N and 40°S 0.55
Spadella duverti
Hernández, De Vera & Casanova, 2009
Eastern Central Atlantic 0.45
Spadella equidentata
Casanova, 1987
Northeast Atlantic 0.7
Spadella gaetanoi
Alvariño, 1978
Eastern Central Pacific 0.3
Spadella interstitialis
Kapp & Giere, 2005
Mediterranean Sea 0.18
Spadella japonica
Casanova, 1993
Northwest Pacific 0.4
Spadella kappae
Schmidt-Rhaesa & Vieler, 2020
Northeastern Atlantic 0.35
Spadella lainezi
Casanova, Hernández & Jiménez, 2006
Eastern Central Atlantic 0.45
Spadella ledoyeri
Casanova, 1986
Mediterranean Sea 0.66
Spadella moretonensis
Johnson & Taylor, 1920
Western Central Pacific 0.4
Spadella nunezi
Casanova & Moreau, 2004
Eastern Central Atlantic 0.23
Spadella valsalinae
Winkelmann, Gasmi, Gretschel, Müller & Perez, 2013
Mediterranean Sea 0.5
Spadella xcalakensis
Tovar & Suárez-Morales, 2007
Western Central Atlantic 0.37
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