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Family: Scalpellidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Abathescalpellum fissum []	No picture found Alcockianum alcockianum []	No picture found Amigdoscalpellum elegans []
No picture found Amigdoscalpellum praeceps []	No picture found Amigdoscalpellum rigidum []	No picture found Amigdoscalpellum semisculptum []
No picture found Amigdoscalpellum svetlanae []	No picture found Amigdoscalpellum vitreum []	No picture found Anguloscalpellum gorgoniophilum []
No picture found Anguloscalpellum microceros []	No picture found Anguloscalpellum pedunculatum []	No picture found Annandaleum gruvelii []
No picture found Annandaleum japonicum []	No picture found Annandaleum lambda []	No picture found Arcoscalpellum atlanticum []
No picture found Arcoscalpellum boubalocerus []	No picture found Arcoscalpellum brevecarinatum []	No picture found Arcoscalpellum ciliatum []
No picture found Arcoscalpellum eponkos []	No picture found Arcoscalpellum foresti []	No picture found Arcoscalpellum formosum []
No picture found Arcoscalpellum intonsum []	No picture found Arcoscalpellum mamillatum []	No picture found Arcoscalpellum mendeleevi []
No picture found Arcoscalpellum michelottianum []	No picture found Arcoscalpellum multicostatum []	No picture found Arcoscalpellum pertosum []
No picture found Arcoscalpellum portoricanum []	No picture found Arcoscalpellum recurvirostrum []	No picture found Arcoscalpellum sociabile []
No picture found Arcoscalpellum toulmini []	No picture found Arcoscalpellum triangulare []	No picture found Arcoscalpellum weltneri []
No picture found Arcoscalpellum youngi []	No picture found Barbascalpellum rossi []	No picture found Capitulum mitella [Japanese goose barnacle]
No picture found Catherinum albatrossianum []	No picture found Catherinum gracilius []	No picture found Catherinum perlongum []
No picture found Catherinum recurvitergum []	No picture found Catherinum trapezoideum []	No picture found Diceroscalpellum arietinum []
No picture found Diceroscalpellum diceratum []	No picture found Hamatoscalpellum columbianum []	No picture found Hamatoscalpellum rathbunae []
Litoscalpellum aurorae []	No picture found Litoscalpellum convexum []	No picture found Litoscalpellum discoveryi []
No picture found Litoscalpellum fissicarinatum []	No picture found Litoscalpellum henriquecostai []	No picture found Litoscalpellum laccadivicum []
No picture found Litoscalpellum regina []	No picture found Neolepas osheai []	No picture found Neolepas rapanuii []
No picture found Neolepas zevinae []	No picture found Neoscalpellum debile []	No picture found Neoscalpellum dicheloplax []
No picture found Neoscalpellum philippinensis []	No picture found Ornatoscalpellum gibberum [Ornate hunchback barnacle]	No picture found Ornatoscalpellum stroemii []
No picture found Ornatoscalpellum vanhoeffeni []	No picture found Scalpellopsis striatociliata []	No picture found Scalpellum gibbum []
No picture found Scalpellum hamatum []	No picture found Scalpellum hispidum []	No picture found Scalpellum salartiae []
Scalpellum scalpellum []	No picture found Scalpellum spinosum []	No picture found Scalpellum stearnsii []
No picture found Scalpellum striolatum []	No picture found Scalpellum stroemii []	No picture found Scalpellum typicum []
No picture found Scalpellum villosum []	No picture found Smilium acutum []	No picture found Smilium horridum []
No picture found Smilium peronii []	No picture found Smilium scorpio [Scorpion stalked barnacle]	No picture found Smilium sinense []
No picture found Smilium vaubanianum []	No picture found Smilium zancleanum []	No picture found Tarasovium cornutum [Eared barnacle]
No picture found Tarasovium valvulifer []	No picture found Teloscalpellum album []	Teloscalpellum antarcticum []
No picture found Teloscalpellum antillarum []	No picture found Teloscalpellum ecaudatum []	No picture found Teloscalpellum luteum []
No picture found Tetrinis serenuportus []	No picture found Trianguloscalpellum annandalei []	No picture found Trianguloscalpellum balanoides []
No picture found Trianguloscalpellum diota []	No picture found Trianguloscalpellum hamulus []	Trianguloscalpellum liberum []
No picture found Trianguloscalpellum moluccanum []	No picture found Trianguloscalpellum ovale []	No picture found Trianguloscalpellum pentacrinarum []
No picture found Trianguloscalpellum regium []	No picture found Trianguloscalpellum rubrum []	No picture found Verum candidum []
No picture found Verum hendersoni []	No picture found Verum idioplax []	No picture found Verum novaezelandiae []
No picture found Verum virgatum []	No picture found Weltnerium aduncum []	No picture found Weltnerium bouvieri []
No picture found Weltnerium hydrozoaphilum []	No picture found Weltnerium nymphocola []	No picture found Weltnerium poculum []

108 Species of Family Scalpellidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution
Abathescalpellum fissum		Western Central Pacific
Alcockianum alcockianum		Indo-West Pacific.
Amigdoscalpellum elegans		Circumglobal.
Amigdoscalpellum praeceps		Pacific Ocean
Amigdoscalpellum rigidum		Atlantic.
Amigdoscalpellum semisculptum		Western Central Atlantic.
Amigdoscalpellum svetlanae		Western Atlantic Ocean.
Amigdoscalpellum vitreum		Indo-West Pacific and Wes
Anguloscalpellum gorgoniophilum		Western Atlantic.
Anguloscalpellum microceros		Western Central Pacific a
Anguloscalpellum pedunculatum		Pacific Ocean
Annandaleum gruvelii		Atlantic Ocean and Indo-W
Annandaleum japonicum		Indo-West Pacific
Annandaleum lambda		Indo-West Pacific.
Arcoscalpellum atlanticum		Northeast Atlantic.
Arcoscalpellum boubalocerus		Southwest Atlantic
Arcoscalpellum brevecarinatum		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Arcoscalpellum ciliatum		Northwest Pacific
Arcoscalpellum eponkos		Northeast Atlantic
Arcoscalpellum foresti		Western Central Pacific
Arcoscalpellum formosum		Indo-West Pacific
Arcoscalpellum intonsum		Western Central Atlantic.
Arcoscalpellum mamillatum		Northeast Atlantic.
Arcoscalpellum mendeleevi		Indo-Pacific
Arcoscalpellum michelottianum		Indo-West Pacific, Atlant
Arcoscalpellum multicostatum		Antarctic Atlantic
Arcoscalpellum pertosum		Western Pacific
Arcoscalpellum portoricanum		Southwest Atlantic
Arcoscalpellum recurvirostrum		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Arcoscalpellum sociabile		Indo-West Pacific.
Arcoscalpellum toulmini		America-Inland Water
Arcoscalpellum triangulare		Southwest Atlantic and th
Arcoscalpellum weltneri		Antarctic Atlantic
Arcoscalpellum youngi		Western Central Pacific
Barbascalpellum rossi		Northeast Atlantic
Capitulum mitella	Japanese goose barnacle	Indo-West Pacific.
Catherinum albatrossianum		Atlantic Ocean.
Catherinum gracilius		Western Atlantic Ocean.
Catherinum perlongum		Pacific Ocean
Catherinum recurvitergum		Northeast Atlantic.
Catherinum trapezoideum		Indo-West Pacific
Diceroscalpellum arietinum		Western Atlantic Ocean.
Diceroscalpellum diceratum		Western Atlantic Ocean.
Hamatoscalpellum columbianum		Canada
Hamatoscalpellum rathbunae		Southwest Atlantic
Litoscalpellum aurorae		Antarctic.
Litoscalpellum convexum		Antarctic Atlantic
Litoscalpellum discoveryi		Antarctic
Litoscalpellum fissicarinatum		Antarctic Atlantic
Litoscalpellum henriquecostai		Southwest Atlantic
Litoscalpellum laccadivicum		Indo-West Pacific.
Litoscalpellum regina		Western Atlantic
Neolepas osheai		Southwest Pacific
Neolepas rapanuii		Southwest Pacific.
Neolepas zevinae		Southeast Pacific
Neoscalpellum debile		Western Central Atlantic,
Neoscalpellum dicheloplax		Atlantic Ocean and Northw
Neoscalpellum philippinensis		Western Central Pacific
Ornatoscalpellum gibberum	Ornate hunchback barnacle	Southeast Pacific and Sou
Ornatoscalpellum stroemii		Northwest Atlantic
Ornatoscalpellum vanhoeffeni		Atlantic Antarctic.
Scalpellopsis striatociliata		Western Central Pacific
Scalpellum gibbum		Western Central Atlantic
Scalpellum hamatum		Northeast Atlantic.
Scalpellum hispidum		Northeast Atlantic
Scalpellum salartiae		Western Central Pacific
Scalpellum scalpellum		Northeast Atlantic and Me
Scalpellum spinosum		Southwest Pacific
Scalpellum stearnsii		Indo-West Pacific.
Scalpellum striolatum		Northeast Atlantic and th
Scalpellum stroemii		Northeast Atlantic.
Scalpellum typicum		Western Central Pacific
Scalpellum villosum		Southwest Pacific
Smilium acutum		Cosmopolitan in deep seas
Smilium horridum		Western Central Pacific
Smilium peronii		Indo-West Pacific.
Smilium scorpio	Scorpion stalked barnacle	Western Pacific
Smilium sinense		Indo-West Pacific
Smilium vaubanianum		Western Central Pacific
Smilium zancleanum		Southwest Pacific
Tarasovium cornutum	Eared barnacle	Northeast Atlantic and Ar
Tarasovium valvulifer		Indo-West Pacific.
Teloscalpellum album		Northwest Pacific
Teloscalpellum antarcticum		Antarctic
Teloscalpellum antillarum		Western Atlantic
Teloscalpellum ecaudatum		Western Central Pacific
Teloscalpellum luteum		Northeast Atlantic.
Tetrinis serenuportus		American Inland Water
Trianguloscalpellum annandalei		Indo-West Pacific
Trianguloscalpellum balanoides		Western Pacific.
Trianguloscalpellum diota		Indo-West Pacific
Trianguloscalpellum hamulus		Western Central Pacific
Trianguloscalpellum liberum		Antarctic Atlantic
Trianguloscalpellum moluccanum		Western Central Pacific
Trianguloscalpellum ovale		Northern Atlantic.
Trianguloscalpellum pentacrinarum		Western Atlantic Ocean.
Trianguloscalpellum regium		Cosmopolitan in the Atlan
Trianguloscalpellum rubrum		Western Pacific
Verum candidum		Western Central Pacific
Verum hendersoni		Western Central Atlantic.
Verum idioplax		Southwest Atlantic
Verum novaezelandiae		Indo-West Pacific
Verum virgatum		Western Central Pacific
Weltnerium aduncum		Southwest Atlantic
Weltnerium bouvieri		Antarctic Pacific and Atl
Weltnerium hydrozoaphilum		South West Atlantic.
Weltnerium nymphocola		Northeast Atlantic and th
Weltnerium poculum		Western Central Pacific

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