Scientific Name	Distribution	Year
Acanthopharyngoides chitwoodi		1954
Acanthopharyngoides duplex		1963
Acanthopharyngoides scleratus		1936
Acanthopharyngoides tyrrhenicus		1954
Acanthopharynx affinis		1870
Acanthopharynx brachycapitata		1947
Acanthopharynx denticulata		1954
Acanthopharynx merostomacha		1921
Acanthopharynx micans		1873
Acanthopharynx nuda		1920
Acanthopharynx rigida		1950
Amphispira rotundicephala		1920
Chromaspirina cobbi		1938
Chromaspirina dimorpha
Chromaspirina inaurita		1967
Chromaspirina parma		1972
Chromaspirina pellucida		1920
Chromaspirina pontica	Northeast Atlantic	1918
Chromaspirina punctata	Northeast Atlantic	1920
Chromaspirina thieryi	Northeast Atlantic	1943
Cinctonema papillatum	Northeast Atlantic	1962
Cinctonema tenue	Northeast Atlantic	1920
Crassolaimus bipapillatus	Northeast Atlantic	1951
Crassolaimus conicaudatus	Northeast Atlantic	1929
Desmodora alberti	Eastern Central Pacific.	1998
Desmodora arcospiculum	Eastern Central Pacific.	1951
Desmodora brachypharynx	Eastern Central Pacific.	1947
Desmodora californica	Eastern Central Pacific.	1947
Desmodora cephalophora	Eastern Central Pacific.	1947
Desmodora cincta	Northeast Atlantic	1920
Desmodora communis	Northeast Atlantic	1874
Desmodora crassa	Northeast Atlantic	1951
Desmodora dubia	Northeast Atlantic	1947
Desmodora hirsuta	Northeast Atlantic	1936
Desmodora luticola	Northeast Atlantic
Desmodora mammillata	Northeast Atlantic	1926
Desmodora marci	Western Central Pacific.	1998
Desmodora mawsoni	Western Central Pacific.	1967
Desmodora mediterranea	Western Central Pacific.	1954
Desmodora microchaeta	Northeast Atlantic	1929
Desmodora papillostoma	Northeast Atlantic	1962
Desmodora pararotundicapitata	Northeast Atlantic	1959
Desmodora parintermedia	Northeast Atlantic	1947
Desmodora rotundicapitata	Northeast Atlantic	1959
Desmodora scaldensis	Northeast Atlantic	1889
Desmodora sphaerica	Northeast Atlantic	1928
Desmodora tenuispiculum	Northeast Atlantic	1928
Desmodorella balteata	Eastern Central Pacific.	1998
Desmodorella spineacaudata	Eastern Central Pacific.	1998
Eubostrichopsis johnpearsei	Eastern Central Pacific.	2021
Eubostrichus cobbi	Eastern Central Pacific.	1968
Eubostrichus exilis	Eastern Central Pacific.	1920
Eubostrichus filiformis	Northeast Atlantic	1869
Eubostrichus guernei	Northeast Atlantic	1889
Eubostrichus parasitiferus	Northeast Atlantic	1936
Eubostrichus phalacrus	Northeast Atlantic	1869
Ixonema sordidum	Northeast Atlantic	1971
Laxonema majum	Northeast Atlantic	1920
Laxus contortus	Northeast Atlantic	1894
Laxus longus	Northeast Atlantic	1894
Laxus septentrionalis	Northeast Atlantic	1914
Leptonemella cincta	Northwest Atlantic.	1920
Leptonemella froeyensis	Northwest Atlantic.	1946
Leptonemella gorgo	Northeast Atlantic	1950
Leptonemella parabullata	Northeast Atlantic	1929
Leptonemella sigma	Northeast Atlantic	1963
Metachromadora alata	Northeast Atlantic	1933
Metachromadora asupplementa	Northeast Atlantic	1961
Metachromadora campycoma	Northeast Atlantic	1933
Metachromadora cancellata	Northeast Atlantic	1933
Metachromadora horrida	Northeast Atlantic	1936
Metachromadora macroutera	Northeast Atlantic	1918
Metachromadora meridiana	Northeast Atlantic	1967
Metachromadora obesa	Western Central Atlantic.	1936
Metachromadora onyxoides	Western Central Atlantic.	1936
Metachromadora parasitifera	Western Central Atlantic.	1952
Metachromadora pseudocampycoma	Western Central Atlantic.	1961
Metachromadora pulvinata	Western Central Atlantic.	1967
Metachromadora setosa	Western Central Atlantic.	1961
Metadesmodora amphidiscata	Western Central Atlantic.	1942
Metadesmodora bacillicauda	Western Central Atlantic.	1963
Metadesmodora spinulosa	Western Central Atlantic.	1959
Onyx dimorphus	Western Central Atlantic.	1963
Onyx disparamphis	Western Central Atlantic.	2022
Onyx ferox	Western Central Atlantic.	1921
Onyx perfectus	Northeast Atlantic	1891
Onyx rugatus	Northeast Atlantic	1959
Paradesmodora campbelli	Northeast Atlantic	1932
Paradesmodora cephalata	Northeast Atlantic	1950
Paradesmodora immersa	Northeast Atlantic	1954
Paradesmodora punctata	Northeast Atlantic	1963
Paradesmodora sinuosa	Northeast Atlantic	1972
Paradesmodora supplementatis	Northeast Atlantic	1968
Paradesmodora toreutes	Northeast Atlantic	1967
Parathalassoalaimus sabulicola	Northeast Atlantic	1929
Polysigma fuscum	Northeast Atlantic	1956
Polysigma uniforme	Northeast Atlantic	1920
Robbea tenax	Northeast Atlantic	1963
Sigmophoranema brevispiculatum	Northeast Atlantic	1963
Sigmophoranema litorale	Northeast Atlantic	1938
Sigmophoranema monstrosum	Northeast Atlantic	1956
Sigmophoranema rufum	Northeast Atlantic	1933
Spirinia flagellata	Northeast Atlantic	1971
Spirinia gerlachi	Northeast Atlantic	1959
Spirinia hamata	Northeast Atlantic	1967
Spirinia laevis	Northeast Atlantic	1865
Spirinia parasitifera	Northeast Atlantic	1865
Spirinia sabulicola	Northeast Atlantic	1918
Spirinia septentrionalis	Northeast Atlantic	1914
Spirinia similis	Northeast Atlantic	1898
Spirinia tenuicauda	Northeast Atlantic	1959
Squanema articulatum	Northeast Atlantic	1961
Stilbonema annulatum	Northeast Atlantic	1963
Stilbonema brevicolle	Northeast Atlantic	1920
Xenonema obesum	Northeast Atlantic	1920
Zalonema sesokoensis	Northeast Atlantic	2022

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Family: Desmodoridae (See list of species below)

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