Species under Gyptis
n= 15
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Gyptis arenicola
Hartman, 1961
Eastern Pacific
Gyptis brevipalpa
(Hartmann-Schröder, 1959)
Western Central Atlantic and Eastern Pacific
Gyptis brunnea
(Hartman, 1961)
Eastern Pacific
Gyptis crpta
Pleijel, 1993
Western Central Atlantic
Gyptis fasciata
(Grube, 1855)
Western Central Atlantic
Gyptis helgolandica
unspecified
Northeast Atlantic
Gyptis incompta
Ehlers, 1913
Sunflower worm Southeast Pacific
Gyptis lobatus
(Hessle, 1925)
Northwest Pacific
Gyptis mediterranea
Pleijel, 1993
Mediterranean Sea
Gyptis ophiocomae
Storch & Niggemann, 1967
Western Indian Ocean
Gyptis pacificus
(Hessle, 1925)
Northwest Pacific
Gyptis plurisetis
Hilbig, 1994
Eastern Pacific
Gyptis propinqua
Marion & Bobretzky, 1875
Western Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean
Gyptis rosea
unspecified
Northeast Atlantic
Gyptis vittata
Webster & Benedict, 1887
Western Central Atlantic and Eastern Pacific
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