| Species name | Common name | Distribution | Max. Length (cm) | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Diaphana anderssoni (Strebel, 1908) | Western Atlantic | 0.25 | |
| Diaphana brazieri Angas, 1877 | Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Diaphana californica Dall, 1919 | California diaphana | Eastern Pacific | 0.5 | 
| Diaphana caribaea Espinosa, Ortea & Fernández-Garcés, 2001 | Western Atlantic | 0.2 | |
| Diaphana cretica (Forbes, 1844) | Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean | ||
| Diaphana floridana Dall, 1927 | Western Atlantic | 0.4 | |
| Diaphana glacialis Odhner, 1907 | Northeast Atlantic and the Arctic | ||
| Diaphana globosa (Lovén, 1846) | Arctic and Northeast Atlantic | 0.4 | |
| Diaphana haini Linse & Schiötte, 2002 | Western Atlantic | 0.22 | |
| Diaphana hiemalis (Couthouy, 1839) | Northern Atlantic and the Arctic | 0.65 | |
| Diaphana inflata (Strebel, 1908) | Western Atlantic | 0.24 | |
| Diaphana lactea (Jeffreys, 1877) | Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean | ||
| Diaphana lottae Bush, 1893 | Western Atlantic | 0.85 | |
| Diaphana makarovi Gorbunov, 1946 | Arctic, Eastern Pacific and Western Atlantic | ||
| Diaphana marshalli (Sykes, 1905) | Northeast Atlantic | ||
| Diaphana minuta Brown, 1827 | Arctic paperbubble | Atlantic Ocean, Eastern Pacific, Mediterranean and the Arctic | 0.5 | 
| Diaphana paessleri (Strebel, 1905) | Western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific | 0.33 | |
| Diaphana pfefferi (Strebel, 1908) | Western Atlantic | 0.29 | |
| Diaphana quadrata (Monterosato, 1874) | Northeast and the Mediterranean | ||
| Diaphana seguenzae (Watson, 1886) | Atlantic Ocean | 0.38 | |
| Diaphana tasmanica (Beddome, 1883) | Indo-West Pacific |