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Family: Polynoidae

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Polynoella levisetosa
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Polynoella pachylepis
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Pottsiscalisetosus praelongus
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Pseudohalosydna rosea
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Robertianella synophthalma
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Scalisetosus acutipinnis
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Scalisetosus ceramensis
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Scalisetosus gracilis
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Scalisetosus pacificus
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Scalisetosus willeyi
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Sheila bathypelagica
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Subadyte chesterfieldensis
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Subadyte mexicana
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Subadyte papillifera
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Subadyte pellucida
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Telolepidasthenia lobetobiensis
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Tenonia kitsapensis
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Tenonia priops
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Thermiphione fijiensis
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Thermiphione tufari
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Thermopolynoe branchiata
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Thormora johnstoni
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Thormora jukesii
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Thormora notata
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Thormora socialis
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Thormora taeniata
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Uncopolynoe corallicola
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Vampiropolynoe embleyi
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Verrucapelma nigricans
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Verrucapelma retusa
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Weberia pustulata
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Scientific Name Acanthicolepis asperrima Acholoe astericola Admetella longipedata Adyte assimilis Alentia annamita Alentia gelatinosa Alentiana aurantiaca Alentis gelatinosa Allmaniella arafurensis Allmaniella ptycholepis Allmaniella setubalensis Andresia ampullifera Antarctinoe ferox Antarctinoe spicoides Antinoana fusca Antinoe ascidiicola Antinoe epitoca Antinoe finmarchica Antinoe kermadecensis Antinoe lactea Antinoella anoculata Antinoella badia Antinoella macrolepida Antinoe microps Antinoe parasitica Antinoe pulchellus Antinoe setobarba Antinoe unicrops Antipathipolyeunoa nuttingi Arcteobia anticostiensis Arcteobia spinelytris Arctonoe fragilis Arctonoella sinagawaensis Arctonoe pulchra Arctonoe tuberculata Arctonoe vittata Augenerilepidonotus dictyolepis Australaugeneria rutilans Austrolaenilla antarctica Austrolaenilla hastulifera Austrolaenilla lanellae Austrolaenilla mollis Austrolaenilla pelagica Austropolaria magnicirrata Barrukia cristata Bathyadmetella commando Bathybahamas charleneae Bathyfauvelia affinis Bathykermadeca hadalis Bathykermadeca turnerae Bathykurila guaymasensis Bathykurila guaymensis Bathypolaria kondrashovi Bayerpolynoe floridensis Benhamipolynoe antipathicola Benhamipolynoe cairnsi Bouchiria vesiculosa Branchinotogluma grasslei Branchinotogluma hessleri Branchinotogluma marianus Branchinotogluma nikkoensis Branchinotogluma ovata Branchinotogluma pettiboneae Branchinotogluma sagamiensis Branchinotogluma sandersi Branchinotogluma segonzaci Branchinotogluma trifurcus Branchinotogluma tunnicliffae Branchinotogluma tunnicliffeae Branchiopolynoe symmytilida Branchiotogluma bipapillata Branchiplicatus cupreus Branchipolynoe eliseae Branchipolynoe halliseyae Branchipolynoe kajsae Branchipolynoe meridae Branchipolynoe pettibonae Branchipolynoe seepensis Branchipolynoe symmytilida Branchipolynoe tjiasmantoi Bylgides elegans Bylgides groenlandicus Bylgides sarsi Cervilia japonica Chaetacanthus barbatus Chaetacanthus magnificus Chaetacanthus pomareae Dilepidonotus falklandicus Drieschella maculata Drieschia elegans Drieschia nans Drieschia pelagica Drieschia pellucida Enipo canadensis Enipo chuckchi Enipo gracilis Enipo kinbergi Enipo torelli Eucranta mollis Eucranta villosa Eulagisca corrientis Eulagisca gigantea Eulagisca panamensis Eunoe abyssorum Eunoe alvinella Eunoe anderssoni Eunoe assimilis Eunoe barbata Eunoe clarki Eunoe crassa Eunoe depressa Eunoe etheridgei Eunoe eura Eunoe hispanica Eunoe hozawai Eunoe iphionoides Eunoe issunboushi Eunoe kerguelensis Eunoe kermadeca Eunoe macrophthalma Eunoe mammiloba Eunoe mindanavensis Eunoe nodosa Eunoe nodulosa Eunoe oerstedi Eunoe opalina Eunoe pacifica Eunoe pallida Eunoe rhizoicola Eunoe senta Eunoe sentiformis Eunoe spinulosa Eunoe subtruncata Eunoe tritoni Eunoe tuerkayi Eunoe yedoensis Euphione chitoniformis Euphione elisabethae Euphionella patagonica Euphione squamosa Euphione suluensis Frennia dubia Frennia propinqua Gastrolepidia clavigera Gattyana amondseni Gattyana brunnea Gattyana ciliata Gattyana cirrhosa Gattyana deludens Gattyana iphionelloides Gattyana nutti Gattyana treadwelli Gorekia crassicirris Gorgoniapolynoe caeciliae Gorgoniapolynoe guadalupensis Gorgoniapolynoe pelagica Gorgoniapolynoe pseudocaeciliae Grubeopolynoe tuta Halosydna brevisetosa Halosydna californica Halosydna elegans Halosydna fuscomarmorata Halosydna glabra Halosydna hartmanae Halosydna johnsoni Halosydna latior Halosydna leucohyba Halosydna parva Halosydna patagonica Halosydna pissisi Halosydna reticulata Halosydna samoensis Halosydna styliformia Halosydna tuberculifer Halosydnella australis Halosydnella brasiliensis Halosydnella elegans Halosydnella fusca Halosydnella fuscamaculata Halosydnella galapagensis Halosydnella grisea Halosydnella oculata Halosydnella punctulata Halosydnopsis pilosa Harmothoe acanellae Harmothoe aculeata Harmothoe aequespina Harmothoe aequiseta Harmothoe agulhana Harmothoe antarctica Harmothoe antilopes Harmothoe areolata Harmothoe asiatica Harmothoe aspera Harmothoe balboensis Harmothoe bellani Harmothoe benthaliana Harmothoe benthophila Harmothoe beringiana Harmothoe branchiata Harmothoe clavigera Harmothoe corralophila Harmothoe crassicirrata Harmothoe crosetensis Harmothoe crucis Harmothoe dearborni Harmothoe dictyophora Harmothoe elisabethae Harmothoe ernesti Harmothoe exanthema Harmothoe extenuata Harmothoe forcipata Harmothoe fragilis Harmothoe fraserthomsoni Harmothoe fuligineum Harmothoe fullo Harmothoe fusca Harmothoe gilchristi Harmothoe glabra Harmothoe goreensis Harmothoe grisea Harmothoe haliaeti Harmothoe hirsuta Harmothoe hollisi Harmothoe imbricata Harmothoe impar Harmothoe johnstoni Harmothoe lagiscoides Harmothoe longisetis Harmothoe macginitiei Harmothoe macnabi Harmothoe magellanica Harmothoe maxillospinosa Harmothoe mexicana Harmothoe minuta Harmothoe multisetosa Harmothoe nodosa Harmothoe oerstedi Harmothoe pokoui Harmothoe priops Harmothoe profunda Harmothoe propinqua Harmothoe quadrituberculata Harmothoe rarispina Harmothoe saldanha Harmothoe scriptoria Harmothoe serrata Harmothoe spinifera Harmothoe spinosa Harmothoe sylliformia Harmothoe tenebricosa Harmothoe tenuisetis Harmothoe trimaculata Harmothoe turbinata Harmothoe unicolor Harmothoe variegata Harmothoe vesicudenta Harmothoe villosa Harmothoe violacea Harmothoe vittata Harmothoe waahli Hartmania moorei Hemilepidia erythrotaenia Hemilepidia moretonensis Hemilepidia tuberculata Hemilepidia versluysi Herdmanella gracilis Hermadion acanellae Hermadion africanus Hermadion ambiguum Hermadionella truncata Hermadion fauveli Hermadion kerguelensis Hermadion magalhaensi Hermadion rouchi Hermadion truncata Hermenia acantholepis Hermenia verruculosa Hesperonoe adventor Hesperonoe andriashevi Hesperonoe complanata Hesperonoe laevis Heteralentia ptycholepis Heteropolynoe nordgaardi Hololepida australis Hololepida magna Hololepida veleronis Hololepidella commensalis Hololepidella flynni Hololepidella greeffi Hololepidella nigropunctata Hololepidella semenovi Hololepidella tuta Hyperhalosydna alleni Hyperhalosydna striata Intoshella euplectellae Iphione cimex Iphione coriolis Iphione fustis Iphionella elongata Iphionella risensis Iphione muricata Iphione ovata Iphione risensis Iphione treadwelli Iphionides glabra Kermadecella magnipalpa Lagisca extenuata Lagisca flaccida Lagisca floccosa Lagisca hexactinellidae Lagisca hirsuta Lagisca hubrechti Lagisca impatiens Lagisca irritans Lagisca multisetosa Lagisca zibrowii Lepidasthenia alba Lepidasthenia berkeleyae Lepidasthenia brunnea Lepidasthenia commensalis Lepidasthenia curta Lepidasthenia digueti Lepidasthenia elegans Lepidasthenia fragilis Lepidasthenia gigas Lepidasthenia grimaldii Lepidasthenia interrupta Lepidasthenia izukai Lepidasthenia longicirrata Lepidasthenia lucida Lepidasthenia maculata Lepidasthenia microlepis Lepidasthenia nuda Lepidasthenia ohshimai Lepidasthenia picta Lepidasthenia pulchra Lepidasthenia retrodentata Lepidasthenia rufa Lepidasthenia stylolepis Lepidasthenia varia Lepidasthenia varius Lepidasthenia virens Lepidastheniella comma Lepidastheniella monroi Lepidastheniella phillippensis Lepidogyra alba Lepidonopsis humilis Lepidonotopodium atalantae Lepidonotopodium fimbriatum Lepidonotopodium jouinae Lepidonotopodium piscesae Lepidonotopodium riftense Lepidonotopodium williamsae Lepidonotus aeololepis Lepidonotus antillarum Lepidonotus arenosus Lepidonotus brasiliensis Lepidonotus caeruleus Lepidonotus carinulatus Lepidonotus citrifrons Lepidonotus clava Lepidonotus cristatus Lepidonotus dentatus Lepidonotus durbanensis Lepidonotus glaucus Lepidonotus havaicus Lepidonotus helotypus Lepidonotus hupferi Lepidonotus impatiens Lepidonotus jacksoni Lepidonotus lacteus Lepidonotus leius Lepidonotus margaritaceus Lepidonotus melanogrammus Lepidonotus nesophilus Lepidonotus permixturus Lepidonotus pomarae Lepidonotus purpureus Lepidonotus robustus Lepidonotus sagamianus Lepidonotus salvati Lepidonotus scanlandi Lepidonotus semitectus Lepidonotus setosior Lepidonotus simplicipes Lepidonotus spinosus Lepidonotus squamatus Lepidonotus sublevis Lepidonotus tenuisetosus Lepidonotus tomentosus Lepidonotus variabilis Lepidonotus versicolor Leucia nivea Levensteiniella iris Levensteiniella kincaidi Levensteiniella plicata Lucopia magnicirra Macellicephala abyssicola Macellicephala alia Macellicephala ascidioides Macellicephala atlantica Macellicephala galapagensis Macellicephala laubieri Macellicephala longipalpa Macellicephala mirabilis Macellicephala polaris Macellicephala violacea Macellicephala zenkevitchi Macellicephaloides alvini Macellicephaloides grandicirra Macellicephaloides verrucosa Macellicephaloides vitiazi Macelloides antarctica Malmgrenia alba Malmgrenia curacaoensis Malmgrenia nesiotes Malmgrenia whiteavesi Malmgreniella andreapolis Malmgreniella arenicolae Malmgreniella bansei Malmgreniella baschi Malmgreniella castanea Malmgreniella darbouxi Malmgreniella dicirra Malmgreniella galetaensis Malmgreniella hendleri Malmgreniella lilianae Malmgreniella ljungmani Malmgreniella lunulata Malmgreniella maccraryae Malmgreniella marphysae Malmgreniella murrayensis Malmgreniella nigralba Malmgreniella panamensis Malmgreniella pierceae Malmgreniella polypapillata Malmgreniella puntotorensis Malmgreniella taylori Malmgreniella variegata Mayella articulata Melaenis loveni Nemidia antillicola Nemidia canadensis Nemidia microlepida Nemidia notialis Nemidia regalis Nemidia tamarae Nemidia torelli Neohololepidella murrayi Neolagisca drachi Nonparahalosydna pleiolepis Opisthotrochopodus alvinus Paradyte crinoidicola Paradyte levis Paraeulagisca panamensis Parahalosydna chinensis Parahalosydna krassini Parahalosydna sibogae Parahalosydnopsis hartmanae Paralepidonotus ampulliferus Paralepidonotus boholensis Paralepidonotus erythromaris Paralepidonotus indicus Pararctonoella aphthalma Peinaleopolynoe elvisi Peinaleopolynoe goffrediae Peinaleopolynoe mineoi Peinaleopolynoe orphanae Pelagomacellicephala iliffei Perolepis regularis Photinopolynoe iskrae Phyllohartmania taylori Phyllosheila wigleyi Podarmus atlanticus Podarmus ploa Polaruschakov reyssi Polyeunoa laevis Polyeunoa tuta Polynoe acanellae Polynoe antarctica Polynoe caeciliae Polynoe canadensis Polynoe capensis Polynoe caputleonis Polynoe cornuta Polynoe gaspeensis Polynoe gracilis Polynoe innatans Polynoe kampeni Polynoe laevis Polynoella brunnea Polynoella levisetosa Polynoella pachylepis Polynoe nigropunctata Polynoe scolopendrina Polynoe tarasovi Polynoe tenax Polynoe tomentosa Polynoe veleronis Polynoe venosa Polynoe violacea Pottsiscalisetosus praelongus Pseudohalosydna rosea Robertianella synophthalma Scalisetosus acutipinnis Scalisetosus ceramensis Scalisetosus gracilis Scalisetosus pacificus Scalisetosus willeyi Sheila bathypelagica Subadyte chesterfieldensis Subadyte mexicana Subadyte papillifera Subadyte pellucida Telolepidasthenia lobetobiensis Tenonia kitsapensis Tenonia priops Thermiphione fijiensis Thermiphione tufari Thermopolynoe branchiata Thormora johnstoni Thormora jukesii Thormora notata Thormora socialis Thormora taeniata Uncopolynoe corallicola Vampiropolynoe embleyi Verrucapelma nigricans Verrucapelma retusa Weberia pustulata	English Name Bristle worm Bristly-tail scaleworm Ciliated scale worm Depressed scale worm Fifteen-scaled worm Fine-setose scaleworm Fragile ruffled scaleworm Giant fleshy scaleworm Giant scale worm Many-scaled worm Milky scaleworm Multi-pronged scaleworm Red-banded commensal scaleworm Scale worm Short-scaled worm Snow-speckled scaleworm Thorny scaleworm Twelve scaled worm Yellow and brown scaleworm	Distribution Antarctic Antarctic, Arctic, Northe Antarctic. Antarctic Atlantic Antarctic Atlantic. Antarctic Indian Ocean Arctic Arctic, Atlantic Ocean, t Arctic, Northern Atlantic Arctic, Northern Pacific, Arctic and Eastern Pacifi Arctic and Indo-Pacific Arctic and Northeast Atla Arctic and Northeast Paci Arctic and Northern Atlan Arctic and Northwest Atla Atlantic and Antarctic. Atlantic Ocean, the Medit Eastern Atlantic, Arctic Eastern Central Atlantic Eastern Central Pacific Eastern Central Pacific. Eastern Pacific Eastern Pacific. Eastern Pacific and the A Indian Ocean Indo-Pacific Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc Indo-Pacific, Northeast A Indo-Pacific, Western Cen Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific and the Anta Indo-Pacific and the Medi Indo-West Pacific Indo-West Pacific. Indo-West Pacific and the Indo-West Pacific and Wes Mediterranean Sea. Northeast Atlantic Northeast Atlantic, Weste Northeast Atlantic. Northeast Atlantic and th Northeast Pacific Northeast Pacific. Northern Atlantic, Arctic Northern Atlantic and the Northern Pacific and the Northwest Atlantic and th Northwest Pacific Pacific Ocean, Northeast Pacific Ocean. Southeast Atlantic. Southeast Pacific Southeast Pacific, Southw Southeast Pacific. Southern Ocean. Southwest Atlantic and An Southwest Pacific Southwest Pacific. Western Atlantic and West Western Central Atlantic Western Central Atlantic Western Central Pacific Western Central Pacific. Western Indian Ocean Western Indian Ocean, Nor Western Indian Ocean and Western Pacific Western Pacific.	Max. Length	Year 1766 1767 1769 1808 1818 1828 1832 1835 1839 1840 1841 1849 1854 1855 1856 1858 1860 1861 1863 1864 1865 1867 1868 1869 1870 1873 1874 1875 1876 1878 1879 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1891 1892 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1933 1934 1936 1937 1939 1942 1943 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2012 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2025

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