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Family: Onuphidae



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161 species (see list below)
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Americonuphis magna
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Americonuphis magnavena
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Americonuphis reesei
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Anchinothria glutinatrix
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Anchinothria pourtalesi
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Anchinothria pycnobranchiata
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Anchinothria sombreriana
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Aponuphis bilineata
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Aponuphis brementi
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Aponuphis fauveli
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Aponuphis rigida
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Aponuphis willsiei
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Australonuphis beltrani
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Australonuphis casamiquelorum
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Australonuphis hartmanae
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Australonuphis parateres
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Australonuphis teres
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Diopatra amboinensis
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Diopatra bengalensis
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Diopatra bulohensis
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Diopatra chiliensis
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Western Central Atlantic

Diopatra cupraea (Bosc, 1802)

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Diopatra cupraea
[Ornate worm]
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Diopatra dentata
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Diopatra denticulata
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Diopatra dexiognatha
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Diopatra farallonensis
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Diopatra hannelorae
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Diopatra leuckarti
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Diopatra marinae
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Diopatra marocensis
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Diopatra mexicana
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Diopatra neapolitana
[Solitary tube worm]
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Diopatra neotridens
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Diopatra obliqua
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Max. Length 1.8 cm WD
 
Diopatra ornata
[Ornate tube worm]
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Diopatra papillata
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Diopatra pectiniconicum
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Diopatra rhizophorae
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Diopatra splendidissima
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Diopatra sugokai
[Sugokai tubeworm]
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Diopatra tridentata
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Diopatra variabilis
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Diopatra victoriae
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Epidiopatra hupferiana
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Hirsutonuphis gemminata
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Hyalinoecia abranchiata
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Hyalinoecia bathyalis
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Hyalinoecia bermudensis
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Hyalinoecia edwardsi
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Hyalinoecia juvenalis
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Hyalinoecia leucarca
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Hyalinoecia robusta
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Hyalinoecia stricta
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Hyalinoecia tecton
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Hyalinoecia tubicola
[Quill worm]
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Kinbergonuphis atlantisa
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Kinbergonuphis difficilis
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Kinbergonuphis dorsalis
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Kinbergonuphis investigatoris
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Kinbergonuphis microcephala
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Kinbergonuphis nannognathus
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Kinbergonuphis notialis
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Kinbergonuphis orensanzi
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Kinbergonuphis pseudodibranchiata
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Kinbergonuphis pulchra
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Kinbergonuphis simoni
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Kinbergonuphis vexillaria
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Kinbergonuphis virgata
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Longibrachium atlanticum
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Mooreonuphis bajacalifornica
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Mooreonuphis cirrata
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Mooreonuphis dangrigae
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Mooreonuphis elsiae
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Mooreonuphis guadalupensis
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Mooreonuphis jonesi
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Mooreonuphis littoralis
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Mooreonuphis microbranchiata
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Mooreonuphis nebulosa
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Mooreonuphis pallidula
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Nothria abyssalis
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Nothria anoculata
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Nothria atlantica
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Nothria britannica
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Nothria cirrata
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Max. Length 10 cm TL
 
Nothria conchylega
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Nothria elegans
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Nothria geophiliformis
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Nothria gorgonensis
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Nothria hawaiiensis
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Nothria holobranchiata
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Nothria hyperborea
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Nothria iridescens
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Nothria lepta
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Nothria mexicana
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Nothria occidentalis
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Nothria pallida
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Nothria pygidialis
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Nothria rubescens
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Nothria rullieriana
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Nothria similis
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Nothria stigmatis
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Nothria textor
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Notonuphis antarctica
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Onuphis aucklandensis
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Onuphis branchiata
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Onuphis brevicirris
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Onuphis cedroensis
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Onuphis elegans
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Onuphis eremita
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Onuphis falesia
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Onuphis geophiliformis
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Onuphis holobranchiata
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Onuphis iridiscens
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Onuphis litoralis
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Onuphis magna
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Onuphis opalina
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Onuphis pallida
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Onuphis peruana
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Onuphis pigmentata
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Onuphis profundi
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Onuphis pseudoiridescens
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Onuphis pulchra
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Onuphis punggolensis
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Onuphis quadricuspis
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Onuphis teres
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Onuphis texana
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Onuphis variolata
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Onuphis williemoesi
[Willemoes' tubeworm]
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Paradiopatra calliopae
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Paradiopatra capbretonensis
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Paradiopatra ehlersi
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Paradiopatra fiordica
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Paradiopatra fragosa
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Paradiopatra glutinatrix
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Paradiopatra hartmanae
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Paradiopatra paucibranchis
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Paradiopatra pycnobranchiata
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Paradiopatra quadricupis
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Paradiopatra quadricuspis
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Paradiopatra vermillionensis
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Paradiopatra willemoesii
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Paranorthia brevicornuta
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Paronuphis abyssorum
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Paronuphis antarctica
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Paronuphis benthaliana
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Paronuphis gracilis
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Paronuphis sombreriana
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Rhamphobrachium agassizi
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Rhamphobrachium atlanticum
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Rhamphobrachium brevibrachiatum
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Rhamphobrachium chuni
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Rhamphobrachium cristobalensis
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Rhamphobrachium diversisetosum
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Rhamphobrachium ehlersi
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Rhamphobrachium longisetosum
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Sarsonuphis armandi
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Sarsonuphis fragosa
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Sarsonuphis furcatoseta
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Sarsonuphis hartmanae
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Sarsonuphis parva
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Sarsonuphis quadricuspis
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Americonuphis magna Western Central Atlantic
Americonuphis magnavena Western Central Atlantic 1891
Americonuphis reesei Western Central Atlantic 1973
Anchinothria glutinatrix Western Central Atlantic 1887
Anchinothria pourtalesi Western Central Atlantic 1887
Anchinothria pycnobranchiata Antarctic 1885
Anchinothria sombreriana Western Central Atlantic 1885
Aponuphis bilineata Western Indian Ocean, Atl 1870
Aponuphis brementi Mediterranean Sea 1916
Aponuphis fauveli Mediterranean Sea. 1918
Aponuphis rigida Mediterranean Sea. 1868
Aponuphis willsiei Mediterranean Sea. 1995
Australonuphis beltrani Eastern Pacific 1994
Australonuphis casamiquelorum Eastern Pacific
Australonuphis hartmanae Eastern Pacific
Australonuphis parateres Eastern Pacific
Australonuphis teres Eastern Pacific
Diopatra amboinensis Indo-West Pacific 1833
Diopatra bengalensis Western Indian Ocean 1974
Diopatra bulohensis Western Central Pacific 1996
Diopatra chiliensis Northwest and Eastern Pac 1865
Diopatra cupraea Ornate worm Western Central Atlantic 1802
Diopatra dentata Eastern Pacific 1865
Diopatra denticulata Eastern Pacific 1968
Diopatra dexiognatha Eastern Central Pacific 1986
Diopatra farallonensis Eastern Pacific 1968
Diopatra hannelorae Eastern Pacific 2020
Diopatra leuckarti Eastern Central Pacific 1865
Diopatra marinae Eastern Central Pacific 2020
Diopatra marocensis Eastern Central Atlantic. 1995
Diopatra mexicana Eastern Pacific 1994
Diopatra neapolitana Solitary tube worm Indo-Pacific, Northeast A 1841
Diopatra neotridens Western Central Atlantic 1944
Diopatra obliqua Eastern Pacific 1954
Diopatra ornata Ornate tube worm Eastern Pacific. 1.8 WD 1911
Diopatra papillata Western Central Atlantic 1968
Diopatra pectiniconicum Western Central Atlantic 2020
Diopatra rhizophorae Eastern Pacific 1856
Diopatra splendidissima Western Central Atlantic 1865
Diopatra sugokai Sugokai tubeworm Northwest Pacific 1907
Diopatra tridentata Western Central Atlantic 1944
Diopatra variabilis Western Pacific 1921
Diopatra victoriae Western Pacific 2020
Epidiopatra hupferiana Northern Pacific
Hirsutonuphis gemminata Western Central Atlantic 1980
Hyalinoecia abranchiata Western Pacific. 1997
Hyalinoecia bathyalis Western Pacific. 1997
Hyalinoecia bermudensis Western Central Atlantic 1965
Hyalinoecia edwardsi Eastern Atlantic 1906
Hyalinoecia juvenalis Western Central Atlantic 1911
Hyalinoecia leucarca Eastern Pacific 1919
Hyalinoecia robusta Western Central Pacific 1977
Hyalinoecia stricta Eastern Pacific 1911
Hyalinoecia tecton Eastern Pacific 1919
Hyalinoecia tubicola Quill worm Indo-West Pacific, Atlant 1788
Kinbergonuphis atlantisa Western Central Pacific 1965
Kinbergonuphis difficilis Western Central Atlantic 1982
Kinbergonuphis dorsalis Southeast Pacific and Ant 1897
Kinbergonuphis investigatoris Indian Ocean. 1932
Kinbergonuphis microcephala Eastern Pacific and Weste 1944
Kinbergonuphis nannognathus Eastern Pacific 1919
Kinbergonuphis notialis Antarctic Atlantic 1930
Kinbergonuphis orensanzi Western Central Atlantic 1982
Kinbergonuphis pseudodibranchiata Western Pacific 1968
Kinbergonuphis pulchra Eastern Pacific and Weste 1968
Kinbergonuphis simoni Western Central Atlantic 1981
Kinbergonuphis vexillaria Eastern Pacific 1911
Kinbergonuphis virgata Western Central Atlantic 1980
Longibrachium atlanticum Western Central Atlantic 1973
Mooreonuphis bajacalifornica Eastern Pacific 1988
Mooreonuphis cirrata Eastern Pacific 1944
Mooreonuphis dangrigae Western Central Atlantic 1982
Mooreonuphis elsiae Eastern Pacific 1994
Mooreonuphis guadalupensis Eastern Pacific 1968
Mooreonuphis jonesi Western Central Atlantic 1982
Mooreonuphis littoralis Eastern Pacific 1933
Mooreonuphis microbranchiata Eastern Pacific 1968
Mooreonuphis nebulosa Western Central Atlantic 1911
Mooreonuphis pallidula Western Central Atlantic 1965
Nothria abyssalis Western Central Atlantic 1968
Nothria anoculata Antarctic 1974
Nothria atlantica Western Central Atlantic 1965
Nothria britannica Western Central Atlantic 1903
Nothria cirrata Western Central Atlantic 1944
Nothria conchylega Indo-West Pacific, Atlant 10 TL 1835
Nothria elegans Eastern Pacific 1901
Nothria geophiliformis Eastern Pacific 1903
Nothria gorgonensis Eastern Pacific 1933
Nothria hawaiiensis Eastern Pacific 1970
Nothria holobranchiata Western Pacific 1879
Nothria hyperborea Arctic 1878
Nothria iridescens Eastern Pacific 1901
Nothria lepta Eastern Pacific 1919
Nothria mexicana Eastern Pacific 1968
Nothria occidentalis Northeast Pacific 1968
Nothria pallida Northeast Pacific
Nothria pygidialis Eastern Pacific 1968
Nothria rubescens Western Central Atlantic 1906
Nothria rullieriana Northeast Atlantic. 1977
Nothria similis Eastern Pacific 1968
Nothria stigmatis Eastern Pacific 1922
Nothria textor Western Central Atlantic.
Notonuphis antarctica Antarctic Atlantic 1930
Onuphis aucklandensis Indo-West Pacific 1924
Onuphis branchiata Indo-West Pacific 1939
Onuphis brevicirris Eastern Pacific 1959
Onuphis cedroensis Eastern Pacific 1968
Onuphis elegans Northeast Pacific
Onuphis eremita Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc 1883
Onuphis falesia Mediterranean 1982
Onuphis geophiliformis Northern Pacific
Onuphis holobranchiata Indo-West Pacific and the 1879
Onuphis iridiscens Eastern Pacific 1901
Onuphis litoralis Eastern Pacific 1933
Onuphis magna Eastern Pacific 1901
Onuphis opalina Eastern Pacific
Onuphis pallida Eastern Pacific
Onuphis peruana Eastern Pacific
Onuphis pigmentata Eastern Pacific 1968
Onuphis profundi Eastern Pacific 1968
Onuphis pseudoiridescens Southeast Pacific 1972
Onuphis pulchra Western Central Atlantic 1980
Onuphis punggolensis Western Central Pacific 1998
Onuphis quadricuspis Eastern Pacific, Northern 1872
Onuphis teres Eastern Pacific, Northern 1868
Onuphis texana Western Central Atlantic 1982
Onuphis variolata Northwest Pacific 1987
Onuphis williemoesi Willemoes' tubeworm Northwest Pacific 1885
Paradiopatra calliopae Northeast Atlantic and th 1997
Paradiopatra capbretonensis Northeast Atlantic. 2002
Paradiopatra ehlersi Northeast Atlantic. 1885
Paradiopatra fiordica Northeast Atlantic. 1974
Paradiopatra fragosa Western Central Atlantic 1887
Paradiopatra glutinatrix Western Central Atlantic
Paradiopatra hartmanae Western Central Atlantic 1980
Paradiopatra paucibranchis Southwest Pacific and the 1908
Paradiopatra pycnobranchiata Western Central Atlantic 1885
Paradiopatra quadricupis Western Central Atlantic 1872
Paradiopatra quadricuspis Arctic 1872
Paradiopatra vermillionensis Western Central Atlantic 1968
Paradiopatra willemoesii Northwest Pacific 1885
Paranorthia brevicornuta Northwest Pacific
Paronuphis abyssorum Eastern Pacific 1919
Paronuphis antarctica Eastern Pacific
Paronuphis benthaliana Antarctic Indian Ocean 1885
Paronuphis gracilis Antarctic Indian Ocean
Paronuphis sombreriana Antarctic Indian Ocean
Rhamphobrachium agassizi Western Central Atlantic 1887
Rhamphobrachium atlanticum Western Central Atlantic
Rhamphobrachium brevibrachiatum Mediterranean Sea. 1875
Rhamphobrachium chuni Western Indian Ocean 1908
Rhamphobrachium cristobalensis Eastern Pacific 1968
Rhamphobrachium diversisetosum Western Central Atlantic 1937
Rhamphobrachium ehlersi Antarctic Atlantic 1930
Rhamphobrachium longisetosum Eastern Pacific 1938
Sarsonuphis armandi Antarctic and Eastern Ind 1885
Sarsonuphis fragosa Antarctic and Eastern Ind
Sarsonuphis furcatoseta Western Indian Ocean 1937
Sarsonuphis hartmanae Western Indian Ocean
Sarsonuphis parva Eastern Pacific 1911
Sarsonuphis quadricuspis Northeast Atlantic and We 1871



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