Species under Polycirrus
n= 29
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Polycirrus antarcticus
(Willey, 1902)
Antarctic Indian Ocean
Polycirrus arcticus
Sars, 1865
Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic
Polycirrus aurantiacus
unspecified
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Polycirrus caliendrum
Claparède, 1870
Eastern Pacific and the Mediterranean Sea
Polycirrus californicus
Moore, 1909
Eastern Pacific
Polycirrus carolinensis
unspecified
Western Central Atlantic
Polycirrus coccineus
Grube, 1869
Western Indian Ocean
Polycirrus corallicola
Verrill, 1900
Western Central Atlantic
Polycirrus decipiens
(Gravier, 1905)
Western Indian Ocean
Polycirrus denticulatus
Saint Joseph, 1894
Western Central Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Polycirrus dodeka
Hutchings, 1990
Northwest Pacific
Polycirrus eximius
(Leidy, 1855)
Eastern Central Pacific and Western Central Atlantic
Polycirrus fedorovi
Jirkov & Leontovich, 2001
Arctic
Polycirrus haematodes
(Claparède, 1864)
Western Central Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Polycirrus hamiltoni
Benham, 1921
Antarctic Indian Ocean
Polycirrus insignis
Gravier, 1907
Antarctic Indian Ocean
Polycirrus jubatus
Bobretzky, 1869
Mediterranean Sea
Polycirrus kerguelensis
(McIntosh, 1885)
Antarctic Atlantic and Indian Ocean
Polycirrus medusa
Grube, 1950
Northeast Atlantic, Arctic and the Mediterranean Sea
Polycirrus mexicanus
(Rioja, 1947)
Eastern Pacific
Polycirrus multus
Hutchings, 1990
Northwest Pacific
Polycirrus norvegicus
Wollebaek, 1912
Northeast Atlantic
Polycirrus pallidus
(Claparède, 1864)
Mediterranean Sea
Polycirrus pennulifera
Verrill, 1900
Western Central Atlantic
Polycirrus plumosus
(Wollebaek, 1912)
Western Central Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Polycirrus purpureus
Schmarda, 1861
Western Central Atlantic
Polycirrus quadratus
Hutchings, 1990
Northwest Pacific
Polycirrus tenuisetis
Langerhans, 1880
Eastern Atlantic, Western Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea
Polycirrus twisti
Potts, 1928
Western Indian Ocean
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