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Family: Chromadoridae



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178 species
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Actinonema chitwoodi
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Actinonema longicaudatum
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Actinonema pachydermatum
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Adeuchromadora megamphida
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Atrochromadora denticulata
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Atrochromadora microlaima
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Atrochromadora obscura
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Atrochromadora parva
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Austranema colesi
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Austranema pectinatum
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Chromadora antillensis
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Chromadora axi
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Chromadora bipapillata
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Chromadora brevipapillata
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Chromadora buesumensis
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Chromadora caeca
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Chromadora cincta
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Chromadora hentscheli
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Chromadora kreisi
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Chromadora macrolaima
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Chromadora macrolaimoides
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Chromadora nudicapitata
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Chromadora pernambucana
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Chromadora serrambi
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Chromadorella ariminiensis
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Chromadorella filiformis
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Chromadorella filiformoides
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Chromadorella galeata
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Chromadorella macris
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Chromadorella membranata
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Chromadorella mytilicola
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Chromadorella parabolica
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Chromadorella parapoecilosoma
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Chromadorella trilix
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Chromadorella vanmeterae
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Chromadorina armata
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Chromadorina bioculata
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Chromadorina cervix
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Chromadorina demani
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Chromadorina epidemos
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Chromadorina erythrophthalma
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Chromadorina germanica
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Chromadorina incurvata
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Chromadorina inversa
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Chromadorina laeta
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Chromadorina majae
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Chromadorina nuda
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Chromadorina obtusa
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Chromadorina pacifica
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Chromadorina paradoxa
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Chromadorina parobtusa
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Chromadorina rognoeensis
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Chromadorina supralitoralis
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Chromadorina tangaroa
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Chromadorina viridis
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Chromadorissa beklemishevi
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Chromadorissa bulbosa
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Chromadorissa strandi
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Chromadorita abnormis
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Chromadorita demaniana
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Chromadorita gracilis
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Chromadorita guidoschneideri
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Chromadorita inornata
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Chromadorita leuckarti
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Chromadorita minima
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Chromadorita minor
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Chromadorita paetzoldi
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Chromadorita pharetra
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Chromadorita tenuis
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Dasylaimus nudus
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Deltanema parvum
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Denticulella pellucida
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Denticulella stygia
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Dichromadora cephalata
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Dichromadora hyalocheile
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Dichromadora islandica
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Dichromadora microdonta
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Dichromadora simplex
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Dicriconema tenue
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Ethmolaimus dahli
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Ethmolaimus distephanus
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Ethmolaimus multipapillatus
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Ethmolaimus pratensis
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Euchromadora africana
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Euchromadora elegans
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Euchromadora gaulica
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Euchromadora kryptospiculoides
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Euchromadora meadi
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Euchromadora meridiana
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Euchromadora mortenseni
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Euchromadora vulgaris
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Fusonema multilabiatum
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Graphonema achaeta
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Graphonema amokurae
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Graphonema biseriale
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Graphonema georgei
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Graphonema vulgare
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Hypodontolaimus abyssalis
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Hypodontolaimus angelae
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Hypodontolaimus balticus
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Hypodontolaimus golikovi
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Hypodontolaimus inaequalis
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Hypodontolaimus interruptus
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Hypodontolaimus obtusicaudatus
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Hypodontolaimus pilosus
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Hypodontolaimus portuguese
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Hypodontolaimus reversus
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Hypodontolaimus schuurmansstekhoveni
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Hypodontolaimus setosus
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Hypodontolaimus solivagus
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Innocuonema chitwoodi
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Innocuonema flaccidum
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Innocuonema tentabunda
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Megodontolaimus coxbazari
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Megodontolaimus sonadiae
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Neochromadora alatocarpa
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Neochromadora appiana
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Neochromadora complexa
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Neochromadora izhorica
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Neochromadora munita
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Neochromadora poecilosoma
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Neochromadora poecilosomoides
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Neochromadora pugilator
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Neochromadora tecta
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Neochromadora trichophora
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Nygmatonchus bicoronatus
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Nygmatonchus minutus
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Nygmatonchus scriptus
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Odontocricus hupferi
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Panduripharynx ornata
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Parapinnanema wilsoni
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Prochromadora asupplementa
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Prochromadora megadonta
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Prochromadora orleji
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Prochromadora spitzbergensis
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Prochromadora trisupplementa
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Prochromadorella attenuata
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Prochromadorella conicaudata
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Prochromadorella mediterranea
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Prochromadorella micoletzkyi
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Prochromadorella neopolitana
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Prochromadorella paramucrodonta
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Prochromadorella triangularis
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Protochromadora mediterranea
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Protochromadora parafricana
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Protochromadora scampae
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Ptycholaimellus carinatus
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Ptycholaimellus pandispiculatus
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Ptycholaimellus ponticus
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Ptycholaimellus slacksmithi
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Punctodora dudichi
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Punctodora ratzeburgensis
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Rhips longicauda
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Rhips ornata
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Spiliphera dolichura
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Spiliphera elegans
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Spiliphera gracilicauda
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Spiliphera longiseta
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Spiliphera spinicauda
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Spilophorella aberrans
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Spilophorella bidentata
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Spilophorella campbelli
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Spilophorella euxina
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Spilophorella furcata
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Spilophorella meyerabichi
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Spilophorella papillata
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Spilophorella paradoxa
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Spilophorella paradoxoides
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Spilophorella simplex
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Spilophorella tasmaniensis
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Spilophorella tollenifera
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Spilophorella unidentata
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Steineridora adriatica
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Steineridora loricata
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Timmia bipapillata
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Timmia parva
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Trichomadorita mobilis
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Trochamus carinatus
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Actinonema chitwoodi Western Central Atlantic. 1954
Actinonema longicaudatum Southeast Pacific 1918
Actinonema pachydermatum Northwest Atlantic 1920
Adeuchromadora megamphida Northwest Atlantic 1972
Atrochromadora denticulata Southeast Pacific 1967
Atrochromadora microlaima Northeast Atlantic 1889
Atrochromadora obscura Northeast Atlantic 1959
Atrochromadora parva Northeast Atlantic 1893
Austranema colesi Northeast Atlantic 1969
Austranema pectinatum Northeast Atlantic 1957
Chromadora antillensis Northeast Atlantic 1947
Chromadora axi Northwest Atlantic 1951
Chromadora bipapillata Northwest Atlantic 1922
Chromadora brevipapillata Northwest Atlantic 1924
Chromadora buesumensis Northeast Atlantic 1924
Chromadora caeca Northeast Atlantic 1865
Chromadora cincta Northeast Atlantic 1938
Chromadora hentscheli Northeast Atlantic 1922
Chromadora kreisi Northeast Atlantic 1931
Chromadora macrolaima Northeast Atlantic 1998
Chromadora macrolaimoides Northwest to Southeast Pa 1915
Chromadora nudicapitata Pacific Ocean, Northeast 1865
Chromadora pernambucana Pacific Ocean, Northeast 2021
Chromadora serrambi Pacific Ocean, Northeast 2021
Chromadorella ariminiensis Pacific Ocean, Northeast 1953
Chromadorella filiformis Northeast Atlantic 1865
Chromadorella filiformoides Northeast Atlantic 1951
Chromadorella galeata Northeast Atlantic 1959
Chromadorella macris Northeast Atlantic 1956
Chromadorella membranata Northeast Atlantic 1922
Chromadorella mytilicola Northeast Atlantic 1918
Chromadorella parabolica Northeast Atlantic 1954
Chromadorella parapoecilosoma Northeast Atlantic 1922
Chromadorella trilix Northeast Atlantic 1967
Chromadorella vanmeterae Northeast Atlantic 1967
Chromadorina armata Northeast Atlantic 1933
Chromadorina bioculata Northeast Atlantic 1857
Chromadorina cervix Northeast Atlantic 1951
Chromadorina demani Northeast Atlantic 1951
Chromadorina epidemos Northeast Atlantic 1967
Chromadorina erythrophthalma Northeast Atlantic 1906
Chromadorina germanica Northeast Atlantic 1874
Chromadorina incurvata Northeast Atlantic 1956
Chromadorina inversa Northeast Atlantic 1955
Chromadorina laeta Northeast Atlantic 1876
Chromadorina majae Northeast Atlantic 1968
Chromadorina nuda Northeast Atlantic 1954
Chromadorina obtusa Northeast Atlantic 1918
Chromadorina pacifica Northeast Atlantic 1947
Chromadorina paradoxa Northeast Atlantic 1961
Chromadorina parobtusa Northeast Atlantic 1947
Chromadorina rognoeensis Northeast Atlantic 1932
Chromadorina supralitoralis Northeast Atlantic 1969
Chromadorina tangaroa Northeast Atlantic 2020
Chromadorina viridis Northeast Atlantic 1876
Chromadorissa beklemishevi Northeast Atlantic 1917
Chromadorissa bulbosa Northeast Atlantic 1876
Chromadorissa strandi Northeast Atlantic 1928
Chromadorita abnormis Northeast Atlantic 1928
Chromadorita demaniana Northeast Atlantic 1922
Chromadorita gracilis Northeast Atlantic 1922
Chromadorita guidoschneideri Northeast Atlantic 1929
Chromadorita inornata Northeast Atlantic 1915
Chromadorita leuckarti Northeast Atlantic 1876
Chromadorita minima Northeast Atlantic 1929
Chromadorita minor Northeast Atlantic 1927
Chromadorita paetzoldi Northeast Atlantic 1960
Chromadorita pharetra Northeast Atlantic 1972
Chromadorita tenuis Northeast Atlantic 1906
Dasylaimus nudus Northeast Atlantic 1933
Deltanema parvum Northeast Atlantic 1929
Denticulella pellucida Northeast Atlantic 1933
Denticulella stygia Northeast Atlantic 1952
Dichromadora cephalata Northwest Atlantic 1916
Dichromadora hyalocheile Northeast Atlantic 1933
Dichromadora islandica Northeast Atlantic 1963
Dichromadora microdonta Northeast Atlantic 1929
Dichromadora simplex Northeast Atlantic 1961
Dicriconema tenue Northeast Atlantic 1926
Ethmolaimus dahli Northeast Atlantic 1953
Ethmolaimus distephanus Northeast Atlantic 1917
Ethmolaimus multipapillatus Northeast Atlantic 1926
Ethmolaimus pratensis Northeast Atlantic 1880
Euchromadora africana Northeast Atlantic 1908
Euchromadora elegans Northeast Atlantic 1947
Euchromadora gaulica Western Central Atlantic. 1962
Euchromadora kryptospiculoides Western Central Atlantic. 1972
Euchromadora meadi Western Central Atlantic. 1967
Euchromadora meridiana Antarctic Indian Ocean 1914
Euchromadora mortenseni Antarctic Indian Ocean 1947
Euchromadora vulgaris Northeast Atlantic 1865
Fusonema multilabiatum Northeast Atlantic 1928
Graphonema achaeta Northeast Atlantic 1971
Graphonema amokurae Northeast Atlantic 1921
Graphonema biseriale Northeast Atlantic 1959
Graphonema georgei Northeast Atlantic 1969
Graphonema vulgare Northeast Atlantic 1898
Hypodontolaimus abyssalis Northeast Atlantic 1933
Hypodontolaimus angelae Northeast Atlantic 1961
Hypodontolaimus balticus Northeast Atlantic 1906
Hypodontolaimus golikovi Northeast Atlantic 1971
Hypodontolaimus inaequalis Northeast Atlantic 1865
Hypodontolaimus interruptus Northeast Atlantic 1967
Hypodontolaimus obtusicaudatus Northeast Atlantic 1947
Hypodontolaimus pilosus Northeast Atlantic 1967
Hypodontolaimus portuguese Northeast Atlantic 2020
Hypodontolaimus reversus Northeast Atlantic 1968
Hypodontolaimus schuurmansstekhoveni Northeast Atlantic 1951
Hypodontolaimus setosus Northeast Atlantic 1874
Hypodontolaimus solivagus Western Central Atlantic. 1963
Innocuonema chitwoodi Western Central Atlantic. 1954
Innocuonema flaccidum Western Central Atlantic. 1959
Innocuonema tentabunda Northeast Atlantic 1890
Megodontolaimus coxbazari Northeast Atlantic 1969
Megodontolaimus sonadiae Northeast Atlantic 1969
Neochromadora alatocarpa Western Central Atlantic. 1961
Neochromadora appiana Western Central Atlantic. 1959
Neochromadora complexa Western Central Atlantic. 1953
Neochromadora izhorica Northeast Atlantic 1929
Neochromadora munita Northeast Atlantic 1972
Neochromadora poecilosoma Northwest Atlantic 1893
Neochromadora poecilosomoides Northeast Atlantic 1918
Neochromadora pugilator Northeast Atlantic 1959
Neochromadora tecta Northeast Atlantic 1951
Neochromadora trichophora Northeast Atlantic 1921
Nygmatonchus bicoronatus Northeast Atlantic 1959
Nygmatonchus minutus Northeast Atlantic 1967
Nygmatonchus scriptus Northeast Atlantic 1933
Odontocricus hupferi Northeast Atlantic 1918
Panduripharynx ornata Northeast Atlantic 1961
Parapinnanema wilsoni Northeast Atlantic 1969
Prochromadora asupplementa Western Central Atlantic. 1961
Prochromadora megadonta Western Central Atlantic. 1922
Prochromadora orleji Northeast Atlantic 1880
Prochromadora spitzbergensis Northeast Atlantic 1965
Prochromadora trisupplementa Northeast Atlantic 1963
Prochromadorella attenuata Northeast Atlantic 1952
Prochromadorella conicaudata Northeast Atlantic 1927
Prochromadorella mediterranea Northeast Atlantic 1922
Prochromadorella micoletzkyi Western Central Atlantic. 1951
Prochromadorella neopolitana Northern Atlantic 1876
Prochromadorella paramucrodonta Southeast Pacific and Nor 1929
Prochromadorella triangularis Southeast Pacific and Nor 1959
Protochromadora mediterranea Southeast Pacific and Nor 1942
Protochromadora parafricana Southeast Pacific and Nor 1958
Protochromadora scampae Southeast Pacific and Nor 1965
Ptycholaimellus carinatus Southeast Pacific and Nor 1920
Ptycholaimellus pandispiculatus Western Central Atlantic. 1961
Ptycholaimellus ponticus Northeast Atlantic 1922
Ptycholaimellus slacksmithi Northeast Atlantic 1969
Punctodora dudichi Northeast Atlantic 1966
Punctodora ratzeburgensis Northeast Atlantic 1876
Rhips longicauda Northeast Atlantic 1961
Rhips ornata Northeast Atlantic 1920
Spiliphera dolichura Southeast Pacific and Nor 1893
Spiliphera elegans Southeast Pacific and Nor 1865
Spiliphera gracilicauda Northeast Atlantic 1893
Spiliphera longiseta Northeast Atlantic 1951
Spiliphera spinicauda Northeast Atlantic 1970
Spilophorella aberrans Northeast Atlantic 1961
Spilophorella bidentata Northeast Atlantic 1971
Spilophorella campbelli Northeast Atlantic 1928
Spilophorella euxina Southeast Pacific 1918
Spilophorella furcata Southeast Pacific 1963
Spilophorella meyerabichi Southeast Pacific 1955
Spilophorella papillata Northeast Atlantic 1929
Spilophorella paradoxa Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, 1888
Spilophorella paradoxoides Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, 1952
Spilophorella simplex Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, 1959
Spilophorella tasmaniensis Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, 1927
Spilophorella tollenifera Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, 1955
Spilophorella unidentata Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, 1971
Steineridora adriatica Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, 1901
Steineridora loricata Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, 1916
Timmia bipapillata Western Central Atlantic. 1951
Timmia parva Western Central Atlantic. 1952
Trichomadorita mobilis Western Central Atlantic. 1961
Trochamus carinatus Western Central Atlantic. 1972



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