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Family: Crellidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Crella acanthosclera []	No picture found Crella aurantiaca []	No picture found Crella crassa []
No picture found Crella cyathophora []	No picture found Crella elegans []	No picture found Crella fusifera []
No picture found Crella hennequinae []	No picture found Crella incrustans [Orange frond sponge]	No picture found Crella papillata []
No picture found Crella papillosa []	No picture found Crella pertusa []	No picture found Crella pyrula [Pear-shaped horny sponge]
No picture found Crella rosea [Rosy horny sponge]	No picture found Crella spinulata []	No picture found Crella tubifex []
No picture found Crella ula []	No picture found Crellomima imparidens []	No picture found Crellomima incrustans []
No picture found Crellomima tenuissima [Translucent yellow crust sponge]

19 Species of Family Crellidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution
Crella acanthosclera		Western Central Pacific.
Crella aurantiaca		Antarctic Ocean.
Crella crassa		Antarctic
Crella cyathophora		Western Central Pacific
Crella elegans		Northeast Atlantic.
Crella fusifera		Northeast Atlantic.
Crella hennequinae		Antarctic Atlantic
Crella incrustans	Orange frond sponge	Eastern Indian Ocean and
Crella papillata		Indo-West Pacific
Crella papillosa		Western Central Atlantic
Crella pertusa		Arctic
Crella pyrula	Pear-shaped horny sponge	Amphi-Atlantic and the Ar
Crella rosea	Rosy horny sponge	Northeast Atlantic.
Crella spinulata		Eastern Indian Ocean
Crella tubifex		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Crella ula		Eastern Central Pacific
Crellomima imparidens		Arctic
Crellomima incrustans		Arctic
Crellomima tenuissima	Translucent yellow crust sponge	Southeast Pacific

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