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43 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)
Scientific Name
English Name
Distribution
Max. Length (cm)
Abietinella operculata
Antarctic-Patagonian.
Acryptolaria abies
Western Atlantic
Acryptolaria conferta
Atlantic, Pacific Oceans
Acryptolaria longitheca
Western Atlantic
Acryptolaria minuta
Southwest Pacific
Acryptolaria operculata
Southwest Atlantic and So
Acryptolaria pulchella
Eastern Pacific
Acryptolaria rectangularis
Western Atlantic
Acryptolaria triserialis
Western Atlantic
Bedotella armata
Northeast Pacific
0.085 WD
Cryptolaria pectinata
Atlantic and Pacific Ocea
Cryptolaria tortuosa
Eastern Indian Ocean
Filellum antarcticum
Southeast Atlantic and th
Filellum conopeum
Cosmopolitan.
Filellum contortum
Indo-Pacific
Filellum magnificum
Antarctic Atlantic and So
Filellum serpens
Mediterranean, Atlantic,
Filellum serratum
Western Atlantic, Indo-We
Grammaria abietina
Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific
10 OT
Grammaria borealis
Central Arctic.
Grammaria gracilis
Western Atlantic
Grammaria immersa
Northern Atlantic, Northe
Halisiphonia arctica
Atlantic Ocean
Halisiphonia megalotheca
Indian Ocean and Southern
2.5 TL
Halisiphonia nana
Antarctic Atlantic and In
Halisiphonia spongicola
Indo-West Pacific
Hebellopsis communis
Western Central Atlantic
Hebellopsis cylindrica
Atlantic and Pacific Ocea
Hebellopsis expansa
Eastern Pacific
Lafoea adhaerens
Eastern Pacific
Lafoea adnata
Eastern Pacific
Lafoea annulata
Southwest Pacific
Lafoea benthophila
Arctic
Lafoea coalescens
Western Atlantic
Lafoea dumosa
Robust tree hydroid
Cosmopolitan.
Lafoea fruticosa
Antarctic, Atlantic, Paci
Lafoea gaussica
Eastern Antarctica.
Lafoea gracillima
Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific
Lafoea grandis
Northeast Atlantic and th
Lafoea tenellula
Pacific Ocean and Western
Scandia corrugata
Eastern Pacific
Scandia gigas
Northeast Pacific, Medite
Scandia mutabilis
Atlantic, Pacific, Caribb