Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Aciculaspio anaximanderi				2020
Anaspio boreus		Arctic		1920
Aonidella cirrobranchiata		Indo-Pacific and Western		1961
Aonidella dayi		Eastern Pacific and the M		1983
Aonides californiensis		Eastern Pacific		1947
Aonides mayaguezensis		Western Central Atlantic		1969
Aonides nodosetosa		Western Indian Ocean		1967
Aonides oxycephala		Northeast Atlantic, the M		1862
Aonides paucibranchiata		Atlantic Ocean and the Me		1914
Apoprionospio dayi		Western Central Atlantic		1969
Apoprionospio pygmea		Western Central Atlantic		1961
Aquilaspio aucklandica		Eastern Pacific		1923
Atherospio guillei		Mediterranean Sea.		1974
Aurospio banyulensis		Mediterranean Sea.		1968
Aurospio dibranchiata		Western Central Atlantic		1981
Aurospio foodbancsia		West Antarctic Peninsula		2009
Australospio mokapu		West Antarctic Peninsula		1981
Boccardia anophthalma		Eastern Pacific		1962
Boccardia basilaria		Eastern Pacific
Boccardia columbiana		Northeast Pacific		1927
Boccardia galapagense		Eastern Pacific		1986
Boccardia natrix		Eastern Pacific
Boccardia perala		Northwest Pacific		1959
Boccardia polybranchia		Eastern Pacific and the M		1885
Boccardia proboscidea		Pacific Ocean.		1940
Boccardia pugettensis		Northeast Pacific
Boccardia redeki		Northeast Atlantic		1920
Boccardia semibranchiata		Mediterranean Sea.		1990
Boccardia tricuspa		Eastern Pacific		1939
Boccardia uncata		Eastern Pacific
Boccardiella hamata		Northwest Pacific		1879
Boccardiella ligerica	Spionid worm	Atlantic Ocean and the Me		1898
Carazziella calafia		Atlantic Ocean and the Me
Carazziella carrascoi		Atlantic Ocean and the Me
Carazziella citrona		Atlantic Ocean and the Me		1941
Carazziella hirsutiseta		Atlantic Ocean and the Me
Carazziella hobsonae		Western Central Atlantic		1979
Carazziella hymenobranchiata		Western Central Atlantic
Carazziella patagonica		Western Central Atlantic
Carazziella phillipensis		Western Central Atlantic
Carazziella reishi		Western Central Atlantic		1964
Carazziella spongilla		Northwest Pacific		1978
Carazziella victoriensis		Northwest Pacific
Dipolydora armata		Western Indian Ocean, Atl		1880
Dipolydora caulleryi		Arctic, Atlantic, the Med		1897
Dipolydora coeca		Western Indian Ocean, Nor		1843
Dipolydora echinata		Western Indian Ocean, Nor		2022
Dipolydora flava		Eastern Pacific and the M		1870
Dipolydora giardi		Northeast Atlantic, the M		1896
Dipolydora langerhansi		Mediterranean Sea.		1896
Dipolydora magellanica	Perforating worm	Southeast Pacific		1983
Dipolydora quadrilobata		Arctic, Northeast Atlanti		1883
Dipolydora saintjosephi		Mediterranean Sea.		1920
Dipolydora spinosa		Mediterranean Sea.		2022
Dipolydora vietnamita		Mediterranean Sea.		2022
Dispio glabrilamellata		Eastern Pacific		1978
Dispio glandulosa		Eastern Pacific		2019
Dispio uncinata		Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc		1951
Glyphochaeta laudieni		Northeast Atlantic		2005
Laonice alberti		Northeast Atlantic		2021
Laonice antarcticae		Antarctic Atlantic
Laonice athecata		Atlantic Ocean.		2003
Laonice bahusiensis		Arctic, Northeast Atlanti		1920
Laonice barcinensis		Arctic, Northeast Atlanti		2021
Laonice bassensis		Eastern Pacific		1978
Laonice blakei		Arctic		1988
Laonice cirrata		Arctic, Atlantic, the Med		1851
Laonice foliata		Eastern Pacific		1923
Laonice grimaldii		Eastern Pacific		2021
Laonice irinae		Eastern Pacific		2021
Laonice japonica		Eastern Pacific		1907
Laonice mediterranea		Eastern Pacific		2021
Laonice pugettensis		Northeast Pacific
Laonice sacculata		Eastern Pacific		1923
Laonice sarsi		Northeast Atlantic		1920
Laonice weddellia		Southeast Pacific and Ant		1978
Laubieriellus grasslei		Eastern Pacific		1981
Laubieriellus salzi		Mediterranean Sea.		1970
Lindaspio dibranchiata		Eastern Pacific		1992
Lindaspio southwardorum		Northeast Pacific		1992
Malacoceros fuliginosus		Arctic, Northeast Atlanti		1868
Malacoceros girardi		Northeast Atlantic		1843
Malacoceros indicus		Indo-West Pacific.		1928
Malacoceros reductus		Indo-West Pacific.
Malacoceros tetracerus		Northeast Atlantic and th		1861
Malacoceros tripartitus		Northeast Atlantic and th
Malacoceros vanderhorsti		Western Central Atlantic		1927
Marenzelleria jonesi		Western Central Atlantic		1984
Marenzelleria neglecta	Bristleworm	Northeast Atlantic		2004
Marenzelleria viridis		Atlantic Ocean and the Ar		1873
Marenzelleria wireni		Arctic		1913
Mesospio moorei		Antarctic		1911
Microspio ariena		Antarctic		2021
Microspio fischeri		Antarctic		2021
Microspio granulata		Antarctic
Microspio lydonia		Antarctic		2021
Microspio mecznikowianus		Western Central Pacific,		1870
Microspio minuta		Eastern Pacific		1962
Microspio paradoxa		Eastern Pacific		1983
Microspio pigmentata		Western Central Atlantic		1959
Minuspio delta		Western Central Atlantic		1965
Minuspio japonica		Pacific Ocean.		1935
Minuspio longibranchiata		Pacific Ocean.
Morants duplex		Pacific Ocean.
Nerinides arenicola		Eastern Pacific		1959
Nerinides maculata		Eastern Pacific		1961
Paraprionospio lamellibranchia		Western Indian Ocean		1974
Paraprionospio pinnata		Indo-Pacific, Western Atl		1901
Phonospio unilamellata		Atlantic Ocean.		2003
Polydora aciculata		Atlantic Ocean.
Polydora aggregata		Atlantic and Arctic Ocean		1969
Polydora anoculata		Atlantic and Arctic Ocean
Polydora anophthalma		Eastern Pacific		1963
Polydora barbilla		Eastern Pacific		1981
Polydora bioccipitalis		Eastern Pacific
Polydora blakei		Eastern Pacific
Polydora cardalia		Northern Pacific.		1927
Polydora cavitensis		Western Central Pacific		1965
Polydora ciliata		Eastern Pacific, Northeas		1838
Polydora cirrosa		Eastern Pacific		1943
Polydora colonia		Western Central Atlantic		1907
Polydora commensalis		Western Central Atlantic		1891
Polydora concharum		Western Central Atlantic
Polydora convexa		Eastern Pacific		1972
Polydora cornuta	Whip mudworm	Pacific Ocean, Atlantic O		1802
Polydora elegantissima		Pacific Ocean, Atlantic O
Polydora glycymerica		Western Central Pacific		1993
Polydora gracilis		Western Central Pacific
Polydora hartmanae		Western Central Pacific
Polydora haswelli		Western Central Pacific
Polydora hermaphroditica		Western Central Pacific		1956
Polydora heterochaeta		Eastern Pacific		1939
Polydora hoplura		Western Indian Ocean and		1870
Polydora kaneohe		Western Indian Ocean and		1981
Polydora laticephala		Eastern Pacific		1959
Polydora latispinosa		Eastern Pacific
Polydora limicola		Northern Pacific, Northea
Polydora magna		Northern Pacific, Northea
Polydora narica		Northern Pacific, Northea
Polydora neocardalia		Northern Pacific, Northea
Polydora notialis		Northern Pacific, Northea
Polydora nuchalis		Eastern Pacific		1953
Polydora pacifica		Western Central Pacific.		1937
Polydora paucibranchis		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1913
Polydora peristomialis		Western Indian Ocean		1974
Polydora pilikia		Northwest Pacific		1981
Polydora pilocollaris		Northwest Pacific
Polydora plena		Western Central Atlantic		1936
Polydora posthamata		Western Central Atlantic		1962
Polydora protuberata		Western Central Atlantic
Polydora punctata		Eastern Pacific		1959
Polydora pygidialis		Northeast Pacific
Polydora rickettesi		Eastern Pacific		1961
Polydora socialis		Arctic, Pacific Ocean and		1861
Polydora spondylana		Western Indian Ocean		1973
Polydora spongicola		Eastern Pacific and the M		1950
Polydora tentaculata		Northwest Pacific		1978
Polydora tetrabranchia		Northwest Pacific
Polydora tridenticulata		Northwest Pacific		1964
Polydora tunicola		Northwest Pacific		2022
Polydora uncata		Eastern Pacific		1952
Polydora vulgaris		Indo-West Pacific.		1972
Polydora websteri	Oyster mudworm	Western Atlantic and East		1943
Polydora wobberi		Eastern Pacific		1970
Polydora woodwicki		Eastern Pacific
Polydorella novaegeorgiae		Northwest Pacific		1971
Prionospio aluta		Northwest Pacific
Prionospio anuncata		Eastern Pacific		1972
Prionospio aucklandica		Indo-West Pacific		1923
Prionospio banyulensis		Northeast Atlantic		1868
Prionospio bocki		Indo-Pacific		1920
Prionospio caspersi		Mediterranean		1962
Prionospio cirrifera		Indo-Pacific, Atlantic, A		1883
Prionospio cristata		Western Central Atlantic		1971
Prionospio depauperata		Northwest Pacific		1990
Prionospio dubia		Mediterranean Sea.		1961
Prionospio ehlersi		Eastern Atlantic, Indo-We		1928
Prionospio fallax		Western Central Atlantic		1920
Prionospio fauchaldi		Western Central Atlantic		1985
Prionospio heterobranchia		Western Central Atlantic		1907
Prionospio komaeti		Western Central Pacific		1991
Prionospio lighti		Western Central Atlantic		1985
Prionospio lobulata		Western Central Atlantic
Prionospio malayensis		Western Central Pacific		1914
Prionospio malmgreni		Indo-Pacific, Northeast A		1869
Prionospio membranacea		Northwest Pacific		1990
Prionospio multibranchiata		Western Central Atlantic,		1927
Prionospio ornata		Eastern Pacific		1961
Prionospio paradisea		Northwest Pacific		1990
Prionospio patagonica		Southeast Pacific		1923
Prionospio perkinsi		Western Central Atlantic		1985
Prionospio peruana		Southeast Pacific		1962
Prionospio plumosa		Southeast Pacific		1872
Prionospio polybranchiata		Western Indian Ocean		1929
Prionospio pulchra		Northwest Pacific		1990
Prionospio pygmaea		Northwest Pacific and the		1961
Prionospio queenslandica		Northwest Pacific		1978
Prionospio rotalis		Western Indian Ocean		1970
Prionospio rugosa		Northwest Pacific		1994
Prionospio saccifera		Indo-West Pacific and the		1990
Prionospio saldanha		Western Indian Ocean		1961
Prionospio sandersi		Eastern Pacific		1981
Prionospio sexoculata		Eastern Atlantic, Western		1918
Prionospio sishaensis		Northwest Pacific		1964
Prionospio steenstrupi		Indo-Pacific, Atlantic, A		1867
Prionospio tenuis		Indo-Pacific, Atlantic, A
Prionospio treadwelli		Indo-Pacific, Atlantic, A
Prionospio tripinnata		Mediterranean Sea.		1985
Prionospio wireni		Western Central Atlantic		1985
Pseudomalacoceros agilis		Western Central Atlantic
Pseudomalacoceros cantabra		Western Central Atlantic
Pseudomalacoceros gilchristi		Western Central Atlantic
Pseudomalacoceros tridentata		Western Central Atlantic
Pseudopolydora antennata		Atlantic Ocean, the Medit		1870
Pseudopolydora auha		Atlantic Ocean, the Medit		2021
Pseudopolydora bassarginensis		Atlantic Ocean, the Medit		1933
Pseudopolydora corallicola		Atlantic Ocean, the Medit		1964
Pseudopolydora diopatra		Northwest Pacific		1992
Pseudopolydora kempi		Indo-Pacific and Northeas		1921
Pseudopolydora kuwaiti		Indo-Pacific and Northeas		2021
Pseudopolydora melanopalpa		Indo-Pacific and Northeas		2021
Pseudopolydora multispinosa		Indo-Pacific and Northeas		2021
Pseudopolydora nordica		Indo-Pacific and Northeas		2021
Pseudopolydora paucibranchiata	Elkhorn slough spionid	Indo-Pacific and Northeas		1937
Pseudopolydora prolifera		Indian Ocean		1914
Pseudopolydora pulchra		Northeast Atlantic and th		1893
Pseudopolydora reishi		Eastern Pacific		1964
Pseudopolydora smurovi		Western Indian Ocean		1985
Pygospio californica		Western Indian Ocean
Pygospio elegans		Arctic, Pacific Ocean, At		1863
Pygospiopsis dubia		Antarctic Atlantic		1930
Rhynchospio aciliata		Northwest Pacific		2022
Rhynchospio arenincola		Northwest Pacific
Rhynchospio australiana		Northwest Pacific
Rhynchospio glandulosa		Northwest Pacific		2021
Rhynchospio glutaea		Pacific Ocean and Antarct		1897
Rhynchospio glutaeus		Western Central Atlantic		1897
Rhynchospio glycera		Western Central Atlantic
Rhynchospio inflatus		Western Central Atlantic		1971
Scolecolepides arctius		Western Central Atlantic
Scolelepis acuta		Western Central Atlantic
Scolelepis alaskensis		Western Central Atlantic
Scolelepis bonnieri		Northeast Atlantic and th	6 TL
Scolelepis cantabra		Mediterranean		1918
Scolelepis foliosa		Mediterranean Sea.
Scolelepis korsuni		Arctic and the Mediterran		1994
Scolelepis lefebvrei		Western Indian Ocean		1905
Scolelepis mesnili		Mediterranean Sea.		1971
Scolelepis perrieri		Mediterranean Sea.
Scolelepis squamata		Indo-Pacific, Western Cen		1806

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Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Spionidae (See list of species below)

Family: Spionidae

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