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Family: Haleciidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Halecium annulatum []	No picture found Halecium arcticum []	No picture found Halecium articulosum []
No picture found Halecium beanii [Thornbush hydroid]	No picture found Halecium bermudense []	No picture found Halecium capillare []
No picture found Halecium corrugatum []	No picture found Halecium curvicaule []	No picture found Halecium delicatulum [Delicate hydroid]
No picture found Halecium densum [Dense bushy hydroid]	No picture found Halecium dichotomum []	No picture found Halecium diminutivum []
No picture found Halecium dyssymetrum []	No picture found Halecium dysymmetrum []	No picture found Halecium fjordlandicum [Fjord sapling]
No picture found Halecium fraseri []	No picture found Halecium fruticosum []	No picture found Halecium groenlandicum []
No picture found Halecium halecinum [Herringbone hydroid]	No picture found Halecium incertus []	No picture found Halecium insolens []
No picture found Halecium jaederholmi []	No picture found Halecium kofoidi []	No picture found Halecium labrosum []
No picture found Halecium lightbourni []	No picture found Halecium macrocephalum []	No picture found Halecium minutum []
No picture found Halecium muricatum [Sea hedgehog hydroid]	No picture found Halecium mutilum []	No picture found Halecium nanum []
No picture found Halecium obovatum []	No picture found Halecium ornatum []	No picture found Halecium ovatum []
No picture found Halecium pallens []	No picture found Halecium paucinodum []	No picture found Halecium petrosum []
No picture found Halecium pusillum []	No picture found Halecium pygmaeum []	No picture found Halecium ralpha []
No picture found Halecium reversum []	No picture found Halecium scutum []	No picture found Halecium sessile []
No picture found Halecium speciosum []	No picture found Halecium telescopicum []	No picture found Halecium tenellum []
No picture found Halecium undulatum []	No picture found Halecium vagans []	No picture found Halecium washingtoni []
No picture found Halecium wilsoni []	No picture found Hemitheca intermedia []	No picture found Hydrodendron alternatum []
No picture found Hydrodendron arboreum []	No picture found Hydrodendron carchesium []	No picture found Hydrodendron corrugatum []
No picture found Hydrodendron daidalum []	No picture found Hydrodendron expansum []	No picture found Hydrodendron gracile []
No picture found Hydrodendron mirabile []	No picture found Mitrocomium cirratum []	No picture found Mitrocomium medusiferum []
No picture found Nemalecium lighti []	No picture found Ophiodissa mirabilis []

62 Species of Family Haleciidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Halecium annulatum		Eastern Pacific
Halecium arcticum		Northeast Atlantic
Halecium articulosum		Atlantic and Pacific Ocea
Halecium beanii	Thornbush hydroid	Atlantic, Arctic and Paci
Halecium bermudense		Western Atlantic.
Halecium capillare		Western Atlantic
Halecium corrugatum		Atlantic, Pacific and Arc
Halecium curvicaule		Atlantic and Arctic Ocean
Halecium delicatulum	Delicate hydroid	Cosmopolitan.
Halecium densum	Dense bushy hydroid	Eastern Pacific
Halecium dichotomum		Southwest Atlantic
Halecium diminutivum		Western Atlantic
Halecium dyssymetrum		Western Atlantic
Halecium dysymmetrum		Southwest Atlantic
Halecium fjordlandicum	Fjord sapling	Southeast Pacific
Halecium fraseri		Southeast Pacific
Halecium fruticosum		Western Atlantic
Halecium groenlandicum		Atlantic and Arctic Ocean
Halecium halecinum	Herringbone hydroid	Atlantic and Pacific Ocea
Halecium incertus		Antarctic, Kerguélen and
Halecium insolens		Eastern Pacific
Halecium jaederholmi		Antarctic Atlantic
Halecium kofoidi		Eastern Pacific
Halecium labrosum		Atlantic, Pacific and Arc
Halecium lightbourni		Western Atlantic
Halecium macrocephalum		Atlantic and Pacific Ocea
Halecium minutum		Atlantic and Arctic Ocean
Halecium muricatum	Sea hedgehog hydroid	Mediterranean, Atlantic,
Halecium mutilum		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Halecium nanum		Mediterranean, Atlantic a
Halecium obovatum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Halecium ornatum		Pacific and Arctic Oceans
Halecium ovatum		Southwest Pacific and Ant
Halecium pallens		Antarctic Atlantic
Halecium paucinodum		Eastern Pacific
Halecium petrosum		Mediterranean	19 WD
Halecium pusillum		Mediterranean	27 WD
Halecium pygmaeum		Eastern Pacific
Halecium ralpha		Indo-West Pacific.
Halecium reversum		Eastern Pacific
Halecium scutum		Atlantic, Pacific and Arc
Halecium sessile		Western Atlantic
Halecium speciosum		Central and north Atlanti
Halecium telescopicum		Eastern Pacific
Halecium tenellum		Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific
Halecium undulatum		Atlantic and Arctic Ocean
Halecium vagans		Eastern Pacific
Halecium washingtoni		Eastern Pacific
Halecium wilsoni		Eastern Pacific
Hemitheca intermedia		Southwest Pacific
Hydrodendron alternatum		Eastern Pacific
Hydrodendron arboreum		Antarctic.
Hydrodendron carchesium		Eastern Pacific
Hydrodendron corrugatum		Eastern Pacific
Hydrodendron daidalum		Eastern Indian Ocean and
Hydrodendron expansum		Eastern Pacific
Hydrodendron gracile		Atlantic and Pacific Ocea
Hydrodendron mirabile		Western Atlantic
Mitrocomium cirratum		Western Central Atlantic
Mitrocomium medusiferum		Eastern Pacific
Nemalecium lighti		Southeast Pacific and Wes
Ophiodissa mirabilis		Western Central Atlantic

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