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Family: Hesionidae



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116 species (see list below)
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Amphiduropsis axialensis
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Amphiduros fuscescens
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Bonuania parva
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Dalhousiella carpenteri
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Dalhousiella hesionides
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Dalhousiella longisetis
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Dalhousiella longocirrata
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Gyptis arenicola
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Gyptis brevipalpa
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Gyptis brunnea
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Gyptis crpta
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Gyptis fasciata
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Gyptis helgolandica
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Gyptis incompta
[Sunflower worm]
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Gyptis lobatus
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Gyptis mediterranea
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Gyptis ophiocomae
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Gyptis pacificus
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Gyptis plurisetis
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Gyptis propinqua
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Northeast Atlantic

Gyptis rosea unspecified

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Gyptis rosea
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Gyptis vittata
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Hesiocaeca bermudensis
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Hesiocaeca methanicola
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Hesiodeiria glabra
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Hesiolyra bergi
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Hesione genetta
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Hesione intertexta
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Hesione pantherina
[Leopard worm]
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Hesione picta
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Hesione protochona
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Hesione splendida
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Hesione steenstrupii
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Hesionella mcculochae
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Hesionides arenaria
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Hesionides gohari
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Hesionides maxima
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Hesionides unilamellata
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Hesiospina aurantiaca
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Hesiospina similis
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Hesiospina vestimentifera
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Heteropodarke formalis
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Heteropodarke heteromorpha
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Heteropodarke lyonsi
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Kefersteinia fauveli
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Kefersteinia haplosetosa
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Leocrates atlanticus
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Leocrates auritus
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Leocrates chinensis
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Leocrates claparedii
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Leocrates diplognathus
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Leocrates giardi
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Leocrates wesenberglundae
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Leocratides ehlersi
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Leocratides filamentosus
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Microphtalmus arenarius
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Microphtalmus bermudensis
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Microphtalmus hamosus
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Microphtalmus hartmanae
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Microphtalmus stocki
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Microphthalmus aberrans
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Microphthalmus bifurcatus
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Microphthalmus ephippiophorus
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Microphthalmus fragilis
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Microphthalmus indefatigatus
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Microphthalmus listensis
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Microphthalmus pettiboneae
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Microphthalmus pseudoaberrans
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Microphthalmus riojai
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Microphthalmus sczelkowii
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Microphthalmus similis
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Microphthalmus southerni
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Microphthalmus tyrrhenicus
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Microphthalmus urofimbriata
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Micropodarke dubia
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Neopodarke woodsholea
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Nereimyra alvinae
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Nereimyra aphroditoides
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Nereimyra multipapillata
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Nereimyra punctata
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Ophiodromus agilis
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Ophiodromus berrisfordi
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Ophiodromus flexuosus
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Max. Length 2.1 cm BL
 
Ophiodromus notospinosus
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Ophiodromus obscurus
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Ophiodromus pallidus
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Ophiodromus pelagicus
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Ophiodromus pugettensis
[Bat star commensal worm]
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Ophiodromus tigrinus
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Orseis brevis
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Orseis frimbriata
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Orseis grasslei
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Orseis lagunae
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Orseis mathai
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Oxydromus angustifrons
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Oxydromus latifrons
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Parahesione bruneli
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Parahesione luteola
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Parhesione luteola
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Podarke caeca
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Podarke latifrons
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Podarke minuta
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Podarke obscura
[Swift-footed worm]
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Podarkeopsis arenicolus
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Podarkeopsis capensis
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Podarkeopsis galangaui
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Podarkeopsis glabrus
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Podarkeopsis guadalupensis
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Podarkeopsis helgolandica
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Podarkeopsis levifuscina
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Podarkeopsis perkinsi
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Sinohesione genitaliphora
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Sirsoe grasslei
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Syllidia armata
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Syllidia inermis
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Syllidia liniata
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Amphiduropsis axialensis Pacific Ocean. 1990
Amphiduros fuscescens Mediterranean Sea. 1875
Bonuania parva Western Central Pacific 1965
Dalhousiella carpenteri Mediterranean Sea.
Dalhousiella hesionides Western Central Atlantic 1906
Dalhousiella longisetis Western Central Atlantic
Dalhousiella longocirrata Western Central Atlantic 1994
Gyptis arenicola Eastern Pacific 1961
Gyptis brevipalpa Western Central Atlantic 1959
Gyptis brunnea Eastern Pacific 1961
Gyptis crpta Western Central Atlantic 1993
Gyptis fasciata Western Central Atlantic 1855
Gyptis helgolandica Northeast Atlantic
Gyptis incompta Sunflower worm Southeast Pacific 1913
Gyptis lobatus Northwest Pacific 1925
Gyptis mediterranea Mediterranean Sea. 1993
Gyptis ophiocomae Western Indian Ocean 1967
Gyptis pacificus Northwest Pacific 1925
Gyptis plurisetis Eastern Pacific 1994
Gyptis propinqua Western Indian Ocean and 1875
Gyptis rosea Northeast Atlantic
Gyptis vittata Western Central Atlantic 1887
Hesiocaeca bermudensis Eastern Pacific 1965
Hesiocaeca methanicola Western Central Atlantic. 1998
Hesiodeiria glabra Northeast Pacific. 1990
Hesiolyra bergi Eastern Pacific 1985
Hesione genetta Pacific Ocean. 1878
Hesione intertexta Indo-Pacific and Western 1878
Hesione pantherina Leopard worm Indo-Pacific, Western Cen 1826
Hesione picta Western Central Atlantic 1858
Hesione protochona Western Central Atlantic 1861
Hesione splendida Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc 1818
Hesione steenstrupii Northeast Atlantic 1886
Hesionella mcculochae Eastern Pacific 1939
Hesionides arenaria Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc 1937
Hesionides gohari Western Indian Ocean, Wes 1960
Hesionides maxima Mediterranean Sea. 1967
Hesionides unilamellata Eastern Pacific 1974
Hesiospina aurantiaca Mediterranean Sea. 1862
Hesiospina similis Mediterranean Sea.
Hesiospina vestimentifera Eastern Pacific 1985
Heteropodarke formalis Western Central Atlantic 1984
Heteropodarke heteromorpha Indo-Pacific and Western 1962
Heteropodarke lyonsi Western Central Atlantic 1984
Kefersteinia fauveli Antarctic Indian Ocean 1972
Kefersteinia haplosetosa Western Central Atlantic 1984
Leocrates atlanticus Eastern Central Atlantic 1885
Leocrates auritus Indo-West Pacific 1925
Leocrates chinensis Pacific and Atlantic Ocea 1866
Leocrates claparedii Indo-West Pacific and the 1868
Leocrates diplognathus Indo-West Pacific 1926
Leocrates giardi Western Indian Ocean 1900
Leocrates wesenberglundae Indo-West Pacific. 1970
Leocratides ehlersi Indo-West Pacific 1921
Leocratides filamentosus Western Central Pacific 1908
Microphtalmus arenarius Western Central Atlantic 1973
Microphtalmus bermudensis Western Central Atlantic 1973
Microphtalmus hamosus Western Central Atlantic 1982
Microphtalmus hartmanae Western Central Atlantic 1977
Microphtalmus stocki Western Central Atlantic 1980
Microphthalmus aberrans Atlantic Ocean, Arctic an
Microphthalmus bifurcatus Atlantic Ocean, Arctic an 1974
Microphthalmus ephippiophorus Atlantic Ocean, Arctic an 1986
Microphthalmus fragilis Mediterranean Sea. 1870
Microphthalmus indefatigatus Eastern Pacific 1974
Microphthalmus listensis Northeast Atlantic
Microphthalmus pettiboneae Mediterranean Sea. 2000
Microphthalmus pseudoaberrans Mediterranean Sea. 1982
Microphthalmus riojai Eastern Pacific 1968
Microphthalmus sczelkowii Arctic, Northeast Pacific 1865
Microphthalmus similis Northeast Atlantic and th 1870
Microphthalmus southerni Northeast Atlantic 1967
Microphthalmus tyrrhenicus Mediterranean Sea. 1967
Microphthalmus urofimbriata Indian Ocean 1943
Micropodarke dubia Northern Pacific 1925
Neopodarke woodsholea Northern Pacific
Nereimyra alvinae Eastern Pacific 1985
Nereimyra aphroditoides Arctic, Northern Atlantic
Nereimyra multipapillata Arctic, Northern Atlantic
Nereimyra punctata Indo-Pacific, Arctic, Atl 1788
Ophiodromus agilis Indo-West Pacific, Wester 1864
Ophiodromus berrisfordi Southeast Atlantic and No 1967
Ophiodromus flexuosus Northeast Atlantic and th
Ophiodromus notospinosus Western Central Pacific 2.1 BL 1983
Ophiodromus obscurus Northwest Pacific and Wes
Ophiodromus pallidus Mediterranean Sea. 1864
Ophiodromus pelagicus Mediterranean Sea. 1923
Ophiodromus pugettensis Bat star commensal worm Pacific Ocean. 1901
Ophiodromus tigrinus Western Central Pacific 1972
Orseis brevis Indo-Pacific 1959
Orseis frimbriata Antarctic Atlantic 1953
Orseis grasslei Eastern Pacific 1985
Orseis lagunae Eastern Pacific
Orseis mathai Antarctic Indian Ocean. 1906
Oxydromus angustifrons Indo-West Pacific. 1878
Oxydromus latifrons Indo-West Pacific 1878
Parahesione bruneli Indo-West Pacific
Parahesione luteola Western Atlantic.
Parhesione luteola Western Central Atlantic 1880
Podarke caeca Western Central Atlantic
Podarke latifrons Western Central Pacific 1878
Podarke minuta Eastern Pacific 1959
Podarke obscura Swift-footed worm Western Central Atlantic 1873
Podarkeopsis arenicolus Mediterranean Sea. 1946
Podarkeopsis capensis Northeast Atlantic and th 1963
Podarkeopsis galangaui Mediterranean. 1961
Podarkeopsis glabrus Northeast Pacific 1961
Podarkeopsis guadalupensis Western Central Atlantic 1985
Podarkeopsis helgolandica Northeast Atlantic 1979
Podarkeopsis levifuscina Western Central Atlantic 1984
Podarkeopsis perkinsi Northeast Pacific
Sinohesione genitaliphora Western Central Pacific 1994
Sirsoe grasslei Eastern Central Pacific. 1985
Syllidia armata Arctic, Atlantic Ocean, M 1865
Syllidia inermis Antarctic Atlantic 1912
Syllidia liniata Eastern Pacific 1962



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