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Family: Lafoeidae



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66 species
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Abietinella operculata
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Acryptolaria abies
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Acryptolaria andersoni
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Acryptolaria angulata
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Acryptolaria arboriformis
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Acryptolaria conferta
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Acryptolaria elegans
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Acryptolaria flabellum
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Acryptolaria gracilis
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Acryptolaria longitheca
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Acryptolaria minima
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Acryptolaria minuta
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Acryptolaria normani
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Acryptolaria operculata
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Acryptolaria pulchella
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Acryptolaria rectangularis
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Acryptolaria symmetrica
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Acryptolaria triserialis
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Max. Length 0.1 cm WD

 
Bedotella armata
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Cryptolarella abyssicola
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Cryptolaria exserta
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Cryptolaria flabellum
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Atlantic and Pacific Ocea

Cryptolaria pectinata (Allman, 1888)

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Cryptolaria pectinata
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Cryptolaria prima
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Cryptolaria profunda
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Cryptolaria tortuosa
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Eucryptolaria pinnata
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Filellum antarcticum
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Filellum conopeum
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Filellum contortum
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Filellum magnificum
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Filellum serpens
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Filellum serratum
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Max. Length 10 cm OT

 
Grammaria abietina
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Grammaria borealis
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Grammaria elegans
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Grammaria gracilis
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Grammaria immersa
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Grammaria rigida
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Grammaria stentor
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Halisiphonia arctica
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Max. Length 2.5 cm TL

 
Halisiphonia megalotheca
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Halisiphonia nana
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Halisiphonia spongicola
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Hebellopsis communis
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Hebellopsis cylindrica
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Hebellopsis expansa
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Lafoea adhaerens
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Lafoea adnata
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Lafoea annulata
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Lafoea benthophila
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Lafoea coalescens
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Lafoea dumosa
[Robust tree hydroid]
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Lafoea fruticosa
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Lafoea gaussica
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Lafoea gracillima
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Lafoea grandis
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Lafoea intermedia
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Lafoea parvula
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Lafoea pocillum
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Lafoea regia
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Lafoea tenellula
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Lictorella crassitheca
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Scandia corrugata
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Scandia gigas
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Scandia mutabilis
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Abietinella operculata Antarctic-Patagonian. 1903
Acryptolaria abies Western Atlantic 1877
Acryptolaria andersoni Western Atlantic 1930
Acryptolaria angulata Western Atlantic 1914
Acryptolaria arboriformis Western Atlantic 1911
Acryptolaria conferta Atlantic, Pacific Oceans 1877
Acryptolaria elegans Western Central Atlantic. 1877
Acryptolaria flabellum Western Central Atlantic. 1888
Acryptolaria gracilis Western Central Atlantic. 1888
Acryptolaria longitheca Western Atlantic 1877
Acryptolaria minima Western Atlantic 1930
Acryptolaria minuta Southwest Pacific 2003
Acryptolaria normani Southwest Pacific 1927
Acryptolaria operculata Southwest Atlantic and So 1979
Acryptolaria pulchella Eastern Pacific 1888
Acryptolaria rectangularis Western Atlantic 1922
Acryptolaria symmetrica Western Atlantic 1905
Acryptolaria triserialis Western Atlantic 1913
Bedotella armata Northeast Pacific 0.1 WD 1900
Cryptolarella abyssicola Northeast Pacific 1888
Cryptolaria exserta Northeast Pacific 1858
Cryptolaria flabellum Northeast Pacific 1888
Cryptolaria pectinata Atlantic and Pacific Ocea 1888
Cryptolaria prima Atlantic and Pacific Ocea 1858
Cryptolaria profunda Atlantic and Pacific Ocea
Cryptolaria tortuosa Eastern Indian Ocean 2018
Eucryptolaria pinnata Eastern Indian Ocean 1938
Filellum antarcticum Southeast Atlantic and th 1904
Filellum conopeum Cosmopolitan. 2003
Filellum contortum Indo-Pacific 1905
Filellum magnificum Antarctic Atlantic and So 2004
Filellum serpens Mediterranean, Atlantic, 1848
Filellum serratum Western Atlantic, Indo-We 1879
Grammaria abietina Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific 10 OT 1851
Grammaria borealis Central Arctic. 1893
Grammaria elegans Central Arctic. 1943
Grammaria gracilis Western Atlantic 1854
Grammaria immersa Northern Atlantic, Northe 1901
Grammaria rigida Northern Atlantic, Northe 1943
Grammaria stentor Northern Atlantic, Northe
Halisiphonia arctica Atlantic Ocean 1932
Halisiphonia megalotheca Indian Ocean and Southern 2.5 TL 1888
Halisiphonia nana Antarctic Atlantic and In 1921
Halisiphonia spongicola Indo-West Pacific 1889
Hebellopsis communis Western Central Atlantic 1991
Hebellopsis cylindrica Atlantic and Pacific Ocea 1885
Hebellopsis expansa Eastern Pacific 1938
Lafoea adhaerens Eastern Pacific 1901
Lafoea adnata Eastern Pacific 1925
Lafoea annulata Southwest Pacific 2003
Lafoea benthophila Arctic 1909
Lafoea coalescens Western Atlantic 1877
Lafoea dumosa Robust tree hydroid Cosmopolitan. 1820
Lafoea fruticosa Antarctic, Atlantic, Paci 1850
Lafoea gaussica Eastern Antarctica. 1910
Lafoea gracillima Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific 1856
Lafoea grandis Northeast Atlantic and th 1874
Lafoea intermedia Northeast Atlantic and th 1938
Lafoea parvula Northeast Atlantic and th 1853
Lafoea pocillum Northeast Atlantic and th
Lafoea regia Northeast Atlantic and th 1948
Lafoea tenellula Pacific Ocean and Western 1877
Lictorella crassitheca Pacific Ocean and Western
Scandia corrugata Eastern Pacific 1938
Scandia gigas Northeast Pacific, Medite 1828
Scandia mutabilis Atlantic, Pacific, Caribb 1907



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