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Family: Eunicidae



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210 species (see list below)
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Amphiro pacifica
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Eunice aedificatrix
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Eunice afra
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Eunice americana
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Eunice amoreuxi
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Eunice annulicornis
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Eunice antennata
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Eunice antillensis
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Eunice aphroditois
[Bobbit worm]
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Eunice atlantica
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Eunice australis
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Eunice badia
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Eunice barvicensis
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Eunice biannulata
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Eunice bilobata
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Eunice bottae
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Eunice brevis
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Eunice bucciensis
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Eunice cariboea
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Eunice cedroensis
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Eunice cincta
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Eunice cirrobranchiata
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Eunice coccinea
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Eunice coccinioides
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Eunice collaris
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Eunice collini
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Eunice concinna
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Eunice confusus
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Eunice conglomerans
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Eunice contingens
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Eunice cultrifera
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Eunice decolorhami
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Eunice denticulata
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Eunice dubitatus
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Eunice edwardsi
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Eunice ehlersi
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Eunice elegans
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Eunice eugeniae
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Eunice excariboea
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Eunice fauveli
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Eunice filamentosa
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Eunice flaccida
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Eunice flavocuprea
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Eunice floridana
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Eunice frauenfeldi
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Eunice fucata
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Eunice gagzoi
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Eunice goodei
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Eunice grubei
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Eunice guanica
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Eunice guildingi
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Eunice harassii
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Eunice hartmanae
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Eunice havaica
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Eunice hawaiensis
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Eunice hernandezi
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Eunice hirschi
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Eunice imogena
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Eunice impexa
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Eunice indica
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Eunice interrupta
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Eunice investigatoris
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Eunice jagori
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Eunice kinbergi
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Eunice kobiensis
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Eunice laticeps
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Eunice laurillardi
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Eunice limosa
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Eunice longicirrata
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Eunice longisetis
[Long bristle eunice]
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Eunice lucei
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Eunice macrobranchia
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Eunice marenzelleri
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Eunice marianae
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Eunice martensi
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Eunice medicina
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Eunice megabranchia
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Eunice mexicana
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Eunice mindanavensis
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Eunice miurai
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Eunice multipectinata
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Eunice mutabilis
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Eunice mutilata
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Eunice mutilatoides
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Eunice narconi
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Eunice neocaledoniensis
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Eunice nesiotes
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Eunice nicidioformis
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Eunice nigricans
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Eunice norvegica
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Eunice notata
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Eunice oerstedii
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Eunice orensanzi
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Eunice palauensis
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Eunice pauroneurata
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Eunice pectinata
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Eunice pellucida
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Eunice pennata
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Eunice perimensis
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Eunice perrieri
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Eunice petersi
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Eunice plessisi
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Eunice polybranchia
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Eunice pruvoti
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Eunice pulvinopalpata
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Eunice purpurea
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Eunice reducta
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Eunice riojai
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Eunice rosaurae
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Eunice roussaei
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Eunice rousseaui
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Eunice rubra
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Eunice rubrovittata
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Eunice rullieri
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Eunice savignyi
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Eunice schemacephala
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Eunice schizobranchia
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Eunice segregata
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Eunice semisegregata
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Max. Length 55 cm BL
 
Eunice siciliensis
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Eunice sonorae
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Eunice stanleyi
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Eunice stigmatura
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Eunice tenuis
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Eunice thomasiana
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Eunice tibiana
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Eunice torquata
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Eunice tridentata
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Eunice tubifex
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Eunice unidentata
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Eunice unifrons
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Eunice upoloae
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Eunice valens
[White-banded bobbit worm]
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Eunice validobranchiata
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Eunice violeceomaculata
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Eunice viridis
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Eunice vittata
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Eunice vittatopsis
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Eunice vivida
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Eunice wasinensis
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Eunice websteri
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Euniphysa aculeata
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Euniphysa auriculata
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Euniphysa italica
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Euniphysa oculata
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Euniphysa spinea
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Heterophysa tridontesa
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Leodice diversidentata
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Leodice jimedwardsi
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Leodice tasmaniae
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Lysidice americana
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Max. Length 9.5 cm BL
 
Lysidice collaris
[Polychaetes]
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Lysidice ninetta
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Lysidice robusta
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Lysidice tortugae
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Lysidice trimera
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Lysidice unicornis
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Marphysa adenensis
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Marphysa aenea
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Marphysa amadae
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Marphysa angelensis
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Marphysa aransensis
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Marphysa banana
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Marphysa bellii
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Marphysa bernardi
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Marphysa bifurcata
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Marphysa brevitentaculata
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Marphysa capensis
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Marphysa chirigota
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Marphysa conferta
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Marphysa corallina
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Marphysa depressa
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Marphysa disjuncta
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Marphysa escobarae
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Marphysa fallax
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Marphysa fijiensis
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Marphysa furcellata
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Marphysa gaditana
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Marphysa gemmata
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Marphysa gravelyi
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Marphysa hamata
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Marphysa hongkongensa
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Marphysa iloiloensis
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Marphysa kinbergi
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Marphysa languida
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Marphysa longula
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Marphysa macintoshi
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Marphysa minima
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Marphysa mixta
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Marphysa mortenseni
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Marphysa nobilis
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Marphysa papuaensis
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Marphysa posterobranchia
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Marphysa regalis
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Marphysa sanguinea
[Red-gilled marphysa]
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Marphysa schmardai
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Marphysa simplex
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Marphysa striata
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Marphysa stylobranchiata
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Marphysa zanolae
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Nauphanta mossambica
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Nematonereis hebes
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Palola edentulum
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Palola paloloides
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Palola valida
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Palolo siciliensis
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Paraeuniphysa falciseta
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Paraeuniphysa taiwanensis
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Paramarphysa longula
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Paucibranchia stragulum
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Amphiro pacifica Western Central Pacific. 1972
Eunice aedificatrix Eastern Pacific 1933
Eunice afra Indo-West Pacific and Wes 1854
Eunice americana Eastern Pacific 1944
Eunice amoreuxi Western Central Atlantic 1974
Eunice annulicornis Mediterranean. 1865
Eunice antennata Indo-Pacific, Western Cen 1820
Eunice antillensis Western Central Atlantic 1887
Eunice aphroditois Bobbit worm Indo-Pacific and Atlantic 1788
Eunice atlantica Western Central Atlantic 1865
Eunice australis Indo-Pacific. 1865
Eunice badia Western Central Pacific 1878
Eunice barvicensis Western Central Atlantic 1885
Eunice biannulata Western Central Atlantic
Eunice bilobata Eastern Central Pacific 1906
Eunice bottae Western Indian Ocean 1866
Eunice brevis Western Central Atlantic 1887
Eunice bucciensis Western Central Atlantic 1921
Eunice cariboea Eastern Pacific and Weste 1856
Eunice cedroensis Eastern Pacific 1970
Eunice cincta Western Pacific and Weste 1865
Eunice cirrobranchiata Western Central Atlantic 1885
Eunice coccinea Indo-West Pacific 1878
Eunice coccinioides Western Central Pacific 1922
Eunice collaris Western Indian Ocean 1868
Eunice collini Western Central Atlantic 1906
Eunice concinna Western Central Atlantic 2020
Eunice confusus Western Central Atlantic 2020
Eunice conglomerans Western Central Atlantic 1887
Eunice contingens Eastern Pacific 1919
Eunice cultrifera Eastern Pacific 2020
Eunice decolorhami Eastern Pacific 2020
Eunice denticulata Western Central Atlantic 1884
Eunice dubitatus Mediterranean Sea. 1974
Eunice edwardsi Antarctic Indian Ocean 1885
Eunice ehlersi Western Indian Ocean 1900
Eunice elegans Western Central Atlantic 1900
Eunice eugeniae Eastern Central Pacific 1992
Eunice excariboea Western Central Atlantic 1992
Eunice fauveli Western Indian Ocean 1900
Eunice filamentosa Pacific Ocean and Western 1856
Eunice flaccida Western Indian Ocean 1869
Eunice flavocuprea Western Indian Ocean 1869
Eunice floridana Western Central Atlantic 1869
Eunice frauenfeldi Antarctic 1868
Eunice fucata Western Central Atlantic 1887
Eunice gagzoi Western Central Atlantic 1922
Eunice goodei Western Central Atlantic 1992
Eunice grubei Indo-West Pacific. 1900
Eunice guanica Western Central Atlantic 1921
Eunice guildingi Western Central Atlantic 1869
Eunice harassii Northeast Atlantic, Weste 1833
Eunice hartmanae Western Central Atlantic. 1998
Eunice havaica Eastern Central Pacific 1865
Eunice hawaiensis Eastern Pacific 1906
Eunice hernandezi Western Central Atlantic. 1998
Eunice hirschi Western Central Pacific 1992
Eunice imogena Western Central Atlantic 1924
Eunice impexa Western Central Pacific 1878
Eunice indica Indo-Pacific. 1865
Eunice interrupta Eastern Central Pacific 1906
Eunice investigatoris Western Indian Ocean 1932
Eunice jagori Western Central Pacific 1878
Eunice kinbergi Eastern Pacific 1884
Eunice kobiensis Eastern Pacific
Eunice laticeps Indo-West Pacific. 1868
Eunice laurillardi Mediterranean Sea. 1866
Eunice limosa Mediterranean Sea. 1868
Eunice longicirrata Eastern Pacific 1884
Eunice longisetis Long bristle eunice Western Central Atlantic 1884
Eunice lucei Pacific Ocean. 1856
Eunice macrobranchia Western Central Atlantic 1861
Eunice marenzelleri Indo-West Pacific 1900
Eunice marianae Western Indian Ocean. 1998
Eunice martensi Western Central Pacific 1878
Eunice medicina Western Central Pacific 1903
Eunice megabranchia Eastern Pacific 1970
Eunice mexicana Eastern Pacific 1970
Eunice mindanavensis Western Central Pacific 1885
Eunice miurai Western Central Atlantic. 1998
Eunice multipectinata Western Central Atlantic 1911
Eunice mutabilis Western Indian Ocean 1900
Eunice mutilata Western Central Atlantic 1884
Eunice mutilatoides Western Central Atlantic 1922
Eunice narconi Western Central Atlantic 1869
Eunice neocaledoniensis Western Pacific. 1992
Eunice nesiotes Western Central Pacific 1919
Eunice nicidioformis Eastern Central Pacific 1906
Eunice nigricans Western Central Atlantic 1861
Eunice norvegica Eastern Pacific, Atlantic 1767
Eunice notata Western Central Atlantic 1921
Eunice oerstedii Antarctic Indian Ocean 1853
Eunice orensanzi Eastern Pacific 1990
Eunice palauensis Western Central Pacific. 1937
Eunice pauroneurata Eastern Pacific 1919
Eunice pectinata Western Indian Ocean 1869
Eunice pellucida Western Central Atlantic 1865
Eunice pennata Cosmopolitan. Tropical t 1776
Eunice perimensis Western Indian Ocean 1900
Eunice perrieri Western Indian Ocean 1900
Eunice petersi Indo-West Pacific 1992
Eunice plessisi Western Central Pacific 1972
Eunice polybranchia Western Central Atlantic 1880
Eunice pruvoti Western Central Pacific. 1992
Eunice pulvinopalpata Eastern Pacific 1982
Eunice purpurea Mediterranean Sea. 1866
Eunice reducta Western Central Atlantic 1970
Eunice riojai Western Central Atlantic 1988
Eunice rosaurae Western Central Atlantic 1939
Eunice roussaei Mediterranean Sea. 1866
Eunice rousseaui Atlantic Ocean 1865
Eunice rubra Western Central Atlantic 1856
Eunice rubrovittata Western Central Atlantic 1921
Eunice rullieri Western Indian Ocean 1992
Eunice savignyi Indo-West Pacific. 1878
Eunice schemacephala Indo-Pacific and Western 1861
Eunice schizobranchia Mediterranean Sea. 1870
Eunice segregata Eastern Pacific 1919
Eunice semisegregata Eastern Pacific 1969
Eunice siciliensis Circumtropical. 55 BL 1901
Eunice sonorae Eastern Pacific 1970
Eunice stanleyi Western Central Atlantic 1992
Eunice stigmatura Western Central Atlantic 1900
Eunice tenuis Western Central Atlantic 1921
Eunice thomasiana Western Central Atlantic 1922
Eunice tibiana Western Central Atlantic 1863
Eunice torquata Atlantic Ocean, Western I 1865
Eunice tridentata Western Central Atlantic 1905
Eunice tubifex Western Indian Ocean. 1866
Eunice unidentata Eastern Pacific 1962
Eunice unifrons Western Central Atlantic 1900
Eunice upoloae Western Central Atlantic 2020
Eunice valens White-banded bobbit worm Northeast Pacific
Eunice validobranchiata Western Indian Ocean 1937
Eunice violeceomaculata Western Central Atlantic 1887
Eunice viridis Pacific Ocean.
Eunice vittata Indo-Pacific, Western Cen 1828
Eunice vittatopsis Eastern Pacific 1970
Eunice vivida Eastern Pacific
Eunice wasinensis Western Indian Ocean 1992
Eunice websteri Western Central Atlantic 1969
Euniphysa aculeata Indo-West Pacific 1949
Euniphysa auriculata Western Central Atlantic 1900
Euniphysa italica Mediterranean Sea. 1992
Euniphysa oculata Northwest Pacific 1979
Euniphysa spinea Northwest Pacific 1977
Heterophysa tridontesa Northwest Pacific 1991
Leodice diversidentata Northwest Pacific 2020
Leodice jimedwardsi Northwest Pacific 2020
Leodice tasmaniae Northwest Pacific 2020
Lysidice americana Northwest Pacific
Lysidice collaris Polychaetes Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc 9.5 BL 1870
Lysidice ninetta Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Paci 1833
Lysidice robusta Eastern Pacific 1856
Lysidice tortugae Western Central Atlantic 1921
Lysidice trimera Southeast Pacific 1901
Lysidice unicornis Indo-West Pacific. 1840
Marphysa adenensis Indo-West Pacific 1900
Marphysa aenea Pacific Ocean and Western 1849
Marphysa amadae Western Central Atlantic 1977
Marphysa angelensis Eastern Pacific 1970
Marphysa aransensis Western Central Atlantic 1939
Marphysa banana Western Central Pacific 2022
Marphysa bellii Pacific Ocean, Atlantic O 1833
Marphysa bernardi Western Central Pacific 1972
Marphysa bifurcata Western Central Pacific 1951
Marphysa brevitentaculata Western Central Atlantic 1921
Marphysa capensis Western Pacific 1861
Marphysa chirigota Western Pacific 2020
Marphysa conferta Western Central Atlantic 1911
Marphysa corallina Indo-Pacific 1865
Marphysa depressa Indo-West Pacific.
Marphysa disjuncta Pacific Ocean 1961
Marphysa escobarae Western Central Atlantic. 1998
Marphysa fallax Mediterranean Sea. 1875
Marphysa fijiensis Mediterranean Sea. 2021
Marphysa furcellata Eastern Pacific 1903
Marphysa gaditana Eastern Pacific 2020
Marphysa gemmata Western Indian Ocean 1973
Marphysa gravelyi Indo-West Pacific 1921
Marphysa hamata Western Central Atlantic 1861
Marphysa hongkongensa Northwest Pacific 2018
Marphysa iloiloensis Western Central Pacific 2019
Marphysa kinbergi Northeast Atlantic, Weste 1910
Marphysa languida Western Central Atlantic 1921
Marphysa longula Western Central Atlantic 1887
Marphysa macintoshi Western Central Atlantic 1903
Marphysa minima Western Central Atlantic 1882
Marphysa mixta Eastern Pacific 1970
Marphysa mortenseni Western Central Atlantic 1828
Marphysa nobilis Western Central Atlantic 1917
Marphysa papuaensis Western Central Pacific 2022
Marphysa posterobranchia Western Central Atlantic 1962
Marphysa regalis Western Central Atlantic 1900
Marphysa sanguinea Red-gilled marphysa Indo-West Pacific, Atlant 1815
Marphysa schmardai Eastern Pacific 1907
Marphysa simplex Western Central Atlantic 1903
Marphysa striata Eastern Pacific 1865
Marphysa stylobranchiata Eastern Pacific 1909
Marphysa zanolae Western Central Pacific 2022
Nauphanta mossambica Indo-West Pacific 1855
Nematonereis hebes Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc 1900
Palola edentulum Indo-Pacific 1901
Palola paloloides Eastern Pacific 1909
Palola valida Western Indian Ocean 1900
Palolo siciliensis Indo-Pacific, Western Atl 1840
Paraeuniphysa falciseta Northwest Pacific 1991
Paraeuniphysa taiwanensis Northwest Pacific 1988
Paramarphysa longula Northwest Pacific
Paucibranchia stragulum Indo-West Pacific 1878



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