Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Year
Acanthicolepis asperrima		Mediterranean Sea.	1861
Acholoe astericola		Western Indian Ocean, Nor	1841
Admetella longipedata		Western Central Atlantic	1885
Adyte assimilis		Mediterranean Sea.	1874
Alentia annamita		Mediterranean Sea.	1934
Alentia gelatinosa		Mediterranean Sea.	1835
Alentiana aurantiaca		Mediterranean Sea.	1942
Alentis gelatinosa		Western Central Atlantic	1835
Allmaniella arafurensis		Western Central Atlantic	1915
Allmaniella ptycholepis		Western Central Atlantic	1878
Allmaniella setubalensis		Western Central Atlantic	1885
Andresia ampullifera		Western Central Atlantic	1924
Antarctinoe ferox		Antarctic	1865
Antarctinoe spicoides		Antarctic Atlantic.	1986
Antinoana fusca		Antarctic Atlantic.	1971
Antinoe ascidiicola		Antarctic Atlantic.	1883
Antinoe epitoca		Antarctic Atlantic.	1930
Antinoe finmarchica		Western Central Atlantic	1867
Antinoe kermadecensis		Southwest Pacific	1885
Antinoe lactea	Milky scaleworm	Southeast Atlantic.	1953
Antinoe microps		Southeast Atlantic.	1855
Antinoe parasitica		Southeast Atlantic.	1879
Antinoe pulchellus		Southeast Atlantic.	1855
Antinoe setobarba		Southeast Atlantic.	1930
Antinoe unicrops		Western Central Atlantic	1855
Antinoella anoculata		Western Central Atlantic	1910
Antinoella badia		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Antinoella macrolepida		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Antipathipolyeunoa nuttingi		Western Central Atlantic	1985
Arcteobia anticostiensis		Western Central Atlantic	1874
Arcteobia spinelytris		Northeast Pacific	1955
Arctonoe fragilis	Fragile ruffled scaleworm	Eastern Pacific.	1863
Arctonoe pulchra		Eastern Pacific	1897
Arctonoe tuberculata		Eastern Pacific	1906
Arctonoe vittata	Red-banded commensal scaleworm	Eastern Pacific and the A	1855
Arctonoella sinagawaensis		Eastern Pacific and the A	1912
Augenerilepidonotus dictyolepis		Western Central Pacific	1883
Australaugeneria rutilans		Indo-West Pacific	1878
Austrolaenilla antarctica		Antarctic Atlantic	1916
Austrolaenilla hastulifera		Antarctic Atlantic	1936
Austrolaenilla lanellae		Antarctic Atlantic	1955
Austrolaenilla mollis		Antarctic Atlantic
Austrolaenilla pelagica		Antarctic Atlantic	1930
Austropolaria magnicirrata		Antarctic Atlantic	2012
Barrukia cristata		Antarctic.	1902
Bathyadmetella commando		Antarctic.	1967
Bathybahamas charleneae		Western Central Atlantic	1985
Bathyfauvelia affinis		Mediterranean Sea.	1914
Bathykermadeca hadalis		Southwest Pacific	1956
Bathykermadeca turnerae		Western Central Atlantic	1985
Bathykurila guaymasensis		Eastern Central Pacific.	1898
Bathykurila guaymensis		Eastern Pacific	1989
Bathypolaria kondrashovi		Arctic	2020
Bayerpolynoe floridensis		Western Central Atlantic	1991
Benhamipolynoe antipathicola		Western Central Atlantic	1927
Benhamipolynoe cairnsi		Eastern Pacific	1989
Bouchiria vesiculosa		Western Indian Ocean	1949
Branchinotogluma grasslei		Eastern Pacific	1985
Branchinotogluma hessleri		Eastern Pacific	1985
Branchinotogluma marianus		Western Central Pacific.	1989
Branchinotogluma nikkoensis		Western Central Pacific.	2022
Branchinotogluma ovata		Western Central Pacific.	2019
Branchinotogluma pettiboneae		Western Central Pacific.	2019
Branchinotogluma sagamiensis		Western Central Pacific.	2022
Branchinotogluma sandersi		Eastern Pacific	1985
Branchinotogluma segonzaci		Western Central Pacific.	1995
Branchinotogluma trifurcus		Western Central Pacific.	1995
Branchinotogluma tunnicliffae		Northeast Pacific.	1988
Branchinotogluma tunnicliffeae		Northeast Pacific.	1988
Branchiopolynoe symmytilida		Eastern Pacific	1984
Branchiotogluma bipapillata		Western Indian Ocean	2018
Branchiplicatus cupreus		Eastern Pacific	1985
Branchipolynoe eliseae		Eastern Pacific	2019
Branchipolynoe halliseyae		Eastern Pacific	2019
Branchipolynoe kajsae		Eastern Pacific	2019
Branchipolynoe meridae		Eastern Pacific	2019
Branchipolynoe pettibonae		Pacific Ocean.	1991
Branchipolynoe seepensis		Western Central Atlantic	1986
Branchipolynoe symmytilida		Southwest Pacific.	1984
Branchipolynoe tjiasmantoi		Southwest Pacific.	2019
Bylgides elegans		Northern Atlantic, Arctic	1879
Bylgides groenlandicus		Arctic and Northern Atlan	1867
Bylgides sarsi		Arctic and Northern Atlan	1865
Cervilia japonica		Arctic and Northern Atlan	1916
Chaetacanthus barbatus		Arctic and Northern Atlan	1910
Chaetacanthus magnificus		Western Central Atlantic	1875
Chaetacanthus pomareae		Western Central Atlantic	1855
Dilepidonotus falklandicus		Western Central Atlantic	1967
Drieschella maculata		Western Central Atlantic	1970
Drieschia elegans		Western Central Atlantic	1924
Drieschia nans		Southeast Pacific.	1919
Drieschia pelagica		Indian Ocean	1892
Drieschia pellucida		Indian Ocean
Enipo canadensis		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Enipo chuckchi		Arctic	1982
Enipo gracilis		Northwest Atlantic and th	1874
Enipo kinbergi		Northeast Atlantic	1865
Enipo torelli		Arctic, Northern Atlantic
Eucranta mollis		Antarctic.	1876
Eucranta villosa		Arctic and Northern Atlan	1865
Eulagisca corrientis		Atlantic and Antarctic.	1885
Eulagisca gigantea		Antarctic	1939
Eulagisca panamensis		Antarctic	1939
Eunoe abyssorum		Antarctic	1885
Eunoe alvinella		Eastern Pacific	1989
Eunoe anderssoni		Antarctic	1916
Eunoe assimilis		Antarctic	1924
Eunoe barbata		Antarctic	1910
Eunoe clarki		Arctic	1951
Eunoe crassa		Arctic	1924
Eunoe depressa	Depressed scale worm	Arctic and Indo-Pacific	1905
Eunoe etheridgei		Arctic and Indo-Pacific	1915
Eunoe eura		Arctic and Indo-Pacific	1919
Eunoe hispanica		Arctic and Indo-Pacific	1876
Eunoe hozawai		Arctic and Indo-Pacific	1939
Eunoe iphionoides		Arctic and Indo-Pacific	1885
Eunoe issunboushi		Arctic and Indo-Pacific	2021
Eunoe kerguelensis		Antarctic Indian Ocean	1885
Eunoe kermadeca		Southwest Pacific	1995
Eunoe macrophthalma		Southwest Pacific	1924
Eunoe mammiloba		Southwest Pacific	1882
Eunoe mindanavensis		Southwest Pacific	1885
Eunoe nodosa	Giant scale worm	Arctic, Northern Pacific,	1861
Eunoe nodulosa		Arctic, Northern Pacific,
Eunoe oerstedi	Multi-pronged scaleworm	Arctic, Northern Atlantic	1865
Eunoe opalina		Antarctic	1885
Eunoe pacifica		Antarctic	1901
Eunoe pallida		Indo-West Pacific.	1908
Eunoe rhizoicola		Southeast Pacific	1962
Eunoe senta	Thorny scaleworm	Arctic and Northeast Paci	1902
Eunoe sentiformis		Arctic and Northeast Paci	1958
Eunoe spinulosa		Arctic and Northeast Paci	1879
Eunoe subtruncata		Arctic and Northeast Paci	1937
Eunoe tritoni		Arctic and Northeast Paci	1900
Eunoe tuerkayi		Mediterranean Sea.	2003
Eunoe yedoensis		Mediterranean Sea.	1885
Euphione chitoniformis		Mediterranean Sea.	1903
Euphione elisabethae		Mediterranean Sea.	1885
Euphione squamosa		Mediterranean Sea.	1865
Euphione suluensis		Mediterranean Sea.	1917
Euphionella patagonica		Mediterranean Sea.	1936
Frennia dubia		Mediterranean Sea.	1912
Frennia propinqua		Mediterranean Sea.	1920
Gastrolepidia clavigera		Indo-West Pacific.	1861
Gattyana amondseni		Northern Atlantic and the	1868
Gattyana brunnea		Northern Atlantic and the
Gattyana ciliata	Ciliated scale worm	Northern Pacific and the	1902
Gattyana cirrhosa		Arctic, Northern Atlantic	1766
Gattyana deludens		Arctic, Northern Atlantic	1928
Gattyana iphionelloides		Arctic, Northern Atlantic	1901
Gattyana nutti		Arctic, Northern Atlantic	1955
Gattyana treadwelli		Northeast Pacific	1949
Gorekia crassicirris		Antarctic Atlantic	1902
Gorgoniapolynoe caeciliae		Western Central Atlantic	1913
Gorgoniapolynoe guadalupensis		Eastern Pacific	1991
Gorgoniapolynoe pelagica		Western Central Atlantic	1991
Gorgoniapolynoe pseudocaeciliae		Western Central Atlantic	2022
Grubeopolynoe tuta		Northeast Pacific	1855
Halosydna brevisetosa	Short-scaled worm	Pacific Ocean.	1855
Halosydna californica		Eastern Pacific	1901
Halosydna elegans		Eastern Pacific	1858
Halosydna fuscomarmorata		Eastern Pacific	1875
Halosydna glabra		Western Central Atlantic	1939
Halosydna hartmanae		Eastern Pacific	1975
Halosydna johnsoni		Eastern Pacific	1899
Halosydna latior		Eastern Pacific	1919
Halosydna leucohyba		Western Central Atlantic	1861
Halosydna parva		Eastern Pacific	1855
Halosydna patagonica		Eastern Pacific	1855
Halosydna pissisi		Eastern Pacific	1865
Halosydna reticulata		Eastern Pacific	1897
Halosydna samoensis		Eastern Pacific	1876
Halosydna styliformia		Eastern Pacific	1928
Halosydna tuberculifer		Eastern Pacific	1919
Halosydnella australis		Eastern Pacific	1855
Halosydnella brasiliensis		Western Central Atlantic	1858
Halosydnella elegans		Eastern Pacific	1955
Halosydnella fusca		Eastern Pacific	1858
Halosydnella fuscamaculata		Western Central Atlantic	1924
Halosydnella galapagensis		Southeast Pacific	1928
Halosydnella grisea		Southeast Pacific	1929
Halosydnella oculata		Southeast Pacific	1926
Halosydnella punctulata		Southeast Pacific	1856
Halosydnopsis pilosa		Northwest Pacific	1917
Harmothoe acanellae		Northwest Pacific
Harmothoe aculeata		Western Central Atlantic	1891
Harmothoe aequespina		Mediterranean Sea.	1884
Harmothoe aequiseta		Western Atlantic and West	1855
Harmothoe agulhana		Western Atlantic and West
Harmothoe antarctica		Antarctic Atlantic.	1885
Harmothoe antilopes		Northeast Atlantic and th	1876
Harmothoe areolata		Mediterranean Sea.	1860
Harmothoe asiatica		Northwest Pacific	1962
Harmothoe aspera		Mediterranean Sea.	1878
Harmothoe balboensis		Eastern Pacific	1928
Harmothoe bellani		Western Indian Ocean, Nor	2000
Harmothoe benthaliana		Western Indian Ocean, Nor	1885
Harmothoe benthophila		Western Central Atlantic	1913
Harmothoe beringiana		Arctic and Northeast Paci	1952
Harmothoe branchiata		Western Indian Ocean	1974
Harmothoe clavigera		Mediterranean Sea.	1863
Harmothoe corralophila		Mediterranean Sea.
Harmothoe crassicirrata		Mediterranean Sea.	1897
Harmothoe crosetensis		Antarctic.	1885
Harmothoe crucis		Western Central Atlantic	1856
Harmothoe dearborni		Western Central Atlantic	1955
Harmothoe dictyophora		Indo-West Pacific.	1878
Harmothoe elisabethae		Indo-West Pacific.	1900
Harmothoe ernesti	Scale worm	Southeast Pacific, Southw	1931
Harmothoe exanthema		Eastern Pacific	1856
Harmothoe extenuata	Yellow and brown scaleworm	Arctic, Atlantic Ocean, t
Harmothoe forcipata		Arctic, Atlantic Ocean, t
Harmothoe fragilis		Arctic, Northern Atlantic	1910
Harmothoe fraserthomsoni		Mediterranean Sea.	1897
Harmothoe fuligineum		Antarctic Atlantic.	1865
Harmothoe fullo		Antarctic.	1878
Harmothoe fusca		Antarctic.	1885
Harmothoe gilchristi		Western Indian Ocean and	1960
Harmothoe glabra		Eastern Atlantic, Arctic	1865
Harmothoe goreensis		Eastern Atlantic, Arctic	1918
Harmothoe grisea		Western Indian Ocean	1869
Harmothoe haliaeti		Western Indian Ocean	1876
Harmothoe hirsuta		Eastern Pacific	1897
Harmothoe hollisi		Eastern Pacific	1989
Harmothoe imbricata	Fifteen-scaled worm	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	1769
Harmothoe impar		Antarctic, Arctic, Northe	1839
Harmothoe johnstoni		Antarctic, Arctic, Northe	1876
Harmothoe lagiscoides		Antarctic Indian Ocean	1902
Harmothoe longisetis		Northeast Atlantic and th	1863
Harmothoe macginitiei		Western Central Atlantic	1955
Harmothoe macnabi		Eastern Pacific	1985
Harmothoe magellanica		Antarctic.	1885
Harmothoe maxillospinosa		Antarctic.	1888
Harmothoe mexicana		Eastern Pacific	1919
Harmothoe minuta		Indo-West Pacific	1910
Harmothoe multisetosa		Arctic and Eastern Pacifi	1910
Harmothoe nodosa		Northeast Atlantic and th
Harmothoe oerstedi		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Harmothoe pokoui		Mediterranean Sea.	1975
Harmothoe priops		Mediterranean Sea.
Harmothoe profunda		Mediterranean Sea.
Harmothoe propinqua		Western Central Pacific	1867
Harmothoe quadrituberculata		Western Central Atlantic	1922
Harmothoe rarispina		Arctic, Northern Atlantic	1861
Harmothoe saldanha		Arctic, Northern Atlantic	1953
Harmothoe scriptoria		Arctic, Northern Atlantic	1910
Harmothoe serrata		Mediterranean Sea.	1963
Harmothoe spinifera		Western Indian Ocean, Nor	1864
Harmothoe spinosa		Antarctic.	1855
Harmothoe sylliformia		Eastern Pacific	1928

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