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Family: Polynoidae



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Harmothoe tenebricosa
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Harmothoe tenuisetis
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Harmothoe trimaculata
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Harmothoe turbinata
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Harmothoe unicolor
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Harmothoe variegata
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Harmothoe vesicudenta
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Harmothoe villosa
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Harmothoe violacea
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Harmothoe vittata
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Harmothoe waahli
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Hartmania moorei
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Hemilepidia erythrotaenia
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Hemilepidia moretonensis
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Hemilepidia tuberculata
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Hemilepidia versluysi
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Herdmanella gracilis
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Hermadion acanellae
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Hermadion africanus
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Hermadion ambiguum
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Hermadion fauveli
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Hermadion kerguelensis
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Hermadion magalhaensi
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Hermadion rouchi
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Hermadion truncata
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Hermadionella truncata
[Bristly-tail scaleworm]
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Hermenia acantholepis
[Bristle worm]
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Hermenia verruculosa
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Hesperonoe adventor
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Hesperonoe andriashevi
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Hesperonoe complanata
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Hesperonoe laevis
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Heteralentia ptycholepis
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Heteropolynoe nordgaardi
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Hololepida australis
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Hololepida magna
[Giant fleshy scaleworm]
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Hololepida veleronis
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Hololepidella commensalis
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Hololepidella flynni
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Hololepidella greeffi
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Hololepidella nigropunctata
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Hololepidella semenovi
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Hololepidella tuta
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Hyperhalosydna alleni
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Hyperhalosydna striata
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Intoshella euplectellae
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Iphione cimex
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Iphione coriolis
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Iphione fustis
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Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-Pacific.

Iphione muricata(Savigny, 1818)

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Iphione muricata
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Iphione ovata
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Iphione risensis
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Iphione treadwelli
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Iphionella elongata
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Iphionella risensis
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Iphionides glabra
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Kermadecella magnipalpa
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Lagisca extenuata
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Lagisca flaccida
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Lagisca floccosa
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Lagisca hexactinellidae
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Lagisca hirsuta
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Lagisca hubrechti
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Lagisca impatiens
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Lagisca irritans
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Lagisca multisetosa
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Lagisca zibrowii
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Lepidasthenia alba
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Lepidasthenia berkeleyae
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Lepidasthenia brunnea
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Lepidasthenia commensalis
[Many-scaled worm]
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Lepidasthenia curta
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Lepidasthenia digueti
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Lepidasthenia elegans
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Lepidasthenia fragilis
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Lepidasthenia gigas
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Lepidasthenia grimaldii
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Lepidasthenia interrupta
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Lepidasthenia izukai
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Lepidasthenia longicirrata
[Snow-speckled scaleworm]
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Lepidasthenia lucida
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Lepidasthenia maculata
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Lepidasthenia microlepis
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Lepidasthenia nuda
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Lepidasthenia ohshimai
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Lepidasthenia picta
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Lepidasthenia pulchra
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Lepidasthenia retrodentata
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Lepidasthenia rufa
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Lepidasthenia stylolepis
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Lepidasthenia varia
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Lepidasthenia varius
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Lepidasthenia virens
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Lepidastheniella comma
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Lepidastheniella monroi
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Lepidastheniella phillippensis
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Lepidogyra alba
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Lepidonopsis humilis
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Lepidonotopodium atalantae
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Lepidonotopodium fimbriatum
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Lepidonotopodium jouinae
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Lepidonotopodium piscesae
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Lepidonotopodium riftense
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Lepidonotopodium williamsae
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Lepidonotus aeololepis
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Lepidonotus antillarum
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Lepidonotus arenosus
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Lepidonotus brasiliensis
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Lepidonotus caeruleus
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Lepidonotus carinulatus
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Lepidonotus citrifrons
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Lepidonotus clava
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Lepidonotus cristatus
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Lepidonotus dentatus
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Lepidonotus durbanensis
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Lepidonotus glaucus
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Lepidonotus havaicus
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Lepidonotus helotypus
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Lepidonotus hupferi
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Lepidonotus impatiens
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Lepidonotus jacksoni
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Lepidonotus lacteus
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Lepidonotus leius
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Lepidonotus margaritaceus
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Lepidonotus melanogrammus
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Lepidonotus nesophilus
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Lepidonotus permixturus
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Lepidonotus pomarae
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Lepidonotus purpureus
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Lepidonotus robustus
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Lepidonotus sagamianus
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Lepidonotus salvati
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Lepidonotus scanlandi
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Lepidonotus semitectus
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Lepidonotus setosior
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Lepidonotus simplicipes
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Lepidonotus spinosus
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Fenwick, David

Pacific Ocean, Northeast

Lepidonotus squamatus(Linnaeus, 1767)

Photo by Fenwick, David
 
Lepidonotus squamatus
[Twelve scaled worm]
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Lepidonotus sublevis
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Lepidonotus tenuisetosus
[Fine-setose scaleworm]
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Lepidonotus tomentosus
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Lepidonotus variabilis
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Lepidonotus versicolor
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Leucia nivea
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Levensteiniella iris
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Levensteiniella kincaidi
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Levensteiniella plicata
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Lucopia magnicirra
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Macellicephala abyssicola
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Macellicephala alia
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Macellicephala ascidioides
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Macellicephala atlantica
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Macellicephala galapagensis
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Macellicephala laubieri
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Macellicephala longipalpa
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Macellicephala mirabilis
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Macellicephala polaris
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Macellicephala violacea
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Macellicephala zenkevitchi
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Macellicephaloides alvini
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Macellicephaloides grandicirra
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Macellicephaloides verrucosa
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Macellicephaloides vitiazi
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Macelloides antarctica
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Malmgrenia alba
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Malmgrenia curacaoensis
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Malmgrenia nesiotes
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Malmgrenia whiteavesi
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Malmgreniella andreapolis
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Malmgreniella arenicolae
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Malmgreniella bansei
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Malmgreniella baschi
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Malmgreniella castanea
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Malmgreniella darbouxi
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Malmgreniella dicirra
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Malmgreniella galetaensis
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Malmgreniella hendleri
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Malmgreniella lilianae
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Malmgreniella ljungmani
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Malmgreniella lunulata
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Malmgreniella maccraryae
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Malmgreniella marphysae
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Malmgreniella murrayensis
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Malmgreniella nigralba
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Malmgreniella panamensis
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Malmgreniella pierceae
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Malmgreniella polypapillata
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Malmgreniella puntotorensis
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Malmgreniella taylori
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Malmgreniella variegata
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Mayella articulata
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Melaenis loveni
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Nemidia antillicola
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Nemidia canadensis
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Nemidia microlepida
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Nemidia notialis
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Nemidia regalis
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Nemidia tamarae
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Nemidia torelli
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Neohololepidella murrayi
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Neolagisca drachi
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Nonparahalosydna pleiolepis
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Opisthotrochopodus alvinus
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Paradyte crinoidicola
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Paradyte levis
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Paraeulagisca panamensis
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Parahalosydna chinensis
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Parahalosydna krassini
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Parahalosydna sibogae
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Parahalosydnopsis hartmanae
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Paralepidonotus ampulliferus
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Paralepidonotus boholensis
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Paralepidonotus erythromaris
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Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-West Pacific.

Paralepidonotus indicus(Kinberg, 1856)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Paralepidonotus indicus
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Pararctonoella aphthalma
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Peinaleopolynoe elvisi
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Peinaleopolynoe goffrediae
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Peinaleopolynoe mineoi
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Peinaleopolynoe orphanae
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Pelagomacellicephala iliffei
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Perolepis regularis
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Max. Length 2.2 cm TL
 
Photinopolynoe iskrae
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Phyllohartmania taylori
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Phyllosheila wigleyi
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Podarmus atlanticus
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Podarmus ploa
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Polaruschakov reyssi
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Arntz, Wolf E.

Indo-Pacific and the Anta

Polyeunoa laevisMcIntosh, 1885

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Polyeunoa laevis
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Polyeunoa tuta
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Polynoe acanellae
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Polynoe antarctica
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Polynoe caeciliae
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Polynoe canadensis
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Polynoe capensis
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Polynoe caputleonis
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Polynoe cornuta
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Polynoe gaspeensis
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Polynoe gracilis
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Polynoe innatans
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Polynoe kampeni
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Polynoe laevis
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Polynoe nigropunctata
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Polynoe scolopendrina
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Polynoe tarasovi
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Polynoe tenax
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Polynoe tomentosa
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Polynoe veleronis
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Polynoe venosa
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Polynoe violacea
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Polynoella brunnea
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