Species Identification: Find Species


Family: Heteropiidae



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80 species
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Grantessa ampullae
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Grantessa basipapillata
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Grantessa bifida
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Grantessa compressa
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Grantessa erecta
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Grantessa erinaceus
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Grantessa flamma
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Grantessa glabra
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Grantessa glacialis
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Grantessa grantiformis
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Grantessa hastifera
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Grantessa hirsuta
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Grantessa hispida
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Grantessa intusarticulata
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Grantessa lanceolata
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Grantessa mitsukurii
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Grantessa murmanensis
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Grantessa nemurensis
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Grantessa nitida
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Grantessa parva
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Grantessa pelagica
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Grantessa pluriosculifera
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Grantessa poculum
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Grantessa polyperistomia
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Grantessa preiwischi
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Grantessa sacca
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Grantessa sagamiana
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Grantessa shimeji
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Grantessa shimoda
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Grantessa sibogae
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Grantessa simplex
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Grantessa spissa
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Grantessa stauridia
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Grantessa sycilloides
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Grantessa thompsoni
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Grantessa woerheidei
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Grantessa zanzibaris
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Grantilla hastifera
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Grantilla quadriradiata
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Heteropia compressa
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Heteropia erecta
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Heteropia glomerosa
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Heteropia macera
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Heteropia medioarticulata
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Heteropia patulosculifera
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Heteropia pluriosculifera
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Heteropia polyperistomia
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Heteropia ramosa
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Heteropia rodgeri
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Heteropia simplex
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Heteropia striata
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Sycettusa connexiva
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Sycettusa glomerosa
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Sycettusa hirsutissima
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Sycettusa kuekenthali
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Sycettusa pelagica
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Sycettusa tenuis
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Syconessa syconiformis
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Vosmaeropsis connexiva
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Vosmaeropsis cyathus
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Vosmaeropsis dendyi
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Vosmaeropsis depressa
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Vosmaeropsis gardineri
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Vosmaeropsis glebula
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Vosmaeropsis griseus
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Vosmaeropsis hispanica
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Vosmaeropsis hozawai
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Vosmaeropsis inflata
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Vosmaeropsis japonica
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Vosmaeropsis levis
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Vosmaeropsis macera
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Vosmaeropsis mackinnoni
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Vosmaeropsis maculata
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Vosmaeropsis oruetai
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Vosmaeropsis ovata
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Vosmaeropsis sasakii
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Vosmaeropsis simplex
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Vosmaeropsis spinosa
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Vosmaeropsis triradiata
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Vosmaeropsis wilsoni
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Grantessa ampullae 1940
Grantessa basipapillata 1916
Grantessa bifida
Grantessa compressa 1886
Grantessa erecta Eastern Indian Ocean 1886
Grantessa erinaceus Eastern Indian Ocean
Grantessa flamma Eastern Indian Ocean 1883
Grantessa glabra Eastern Indian Ocean 1909
Grantessa glacialis Eastern Indian Ocean 1870
Grantessa grantiformis Eastern Indian Ocean 1952
Grantessa hastifera Eastern Indian Ocean
Grantessa hirsuta Eastern Indian Ocean 1886
Grantessa hispida Eastern Indian Ocean 1892
Grantessa intusarticulata Eastern Indian Ocean 1886
Grantessa lanceolata Eastern Indian Ocean 1898
Grantessa mitsukurii Eastern Indian Ocean 1916
Grantessa murmanensis Eastern Indian Ocean 1898
Grantessa nemurensis Northwest Pacific 1929
Grantessa nitida Northwest Pacific 1900
Grantessa parva Northwest Pacific
Grantessa pelagica Northwest Pacific 1881
Grantessa pluriosculifera Northwest Pacific 1886
Grantessa poculum Northwest Pacific 1883
Grantessa polyperistomia Northwest Pacific 1886
Grantessa preiwischi Northwest Pacific 1913
Grantessa sacca Northwest Pacific 1885
Grantessa sagamiana Northwest Pacific 1916
Grantessa shimeji Northwest Pacific 1916
Grantessa shimoda Northwest Pacific 1942
Grantessa sibogae Western Central Pacific 1930
Grantessa simplex Western Central Pacific
Grantessa spissa Eastern Indian Ocean 1886
Grantessa stauridia Eastern Indian Ocean
Grantessa sycilloides Eastern Indian Ocean 1877
Grantessa thompsoni Eastern Indian Ocean 1900
Grantessa woerheidei Western Indian Ocean 2018
Grantessa zanzibaris Western Indian Ocean
Grantilla hastifera Western Indian Ocean
Grantilla quadriradiata Western Indian Ocean 1909
Heteropia compressa Western Indian Ocean
Heteropia erecta Western Indian Ocean
Heteropia glomerosa Eastern Central Pacific. 1873
Heteropia macera Eastern Central Pacific.
Heteropia medioarticulata Northwest Pacific 1918
Heteropia patulosculifera Northwest Pacific
Heteropia pluriosculifera Northwest Pacific
Heteropia polyperistomia Northwest Pacific
Heteropia ramosa Northwest Pacific 1886
Heteropia rodgeri Northwest Pacific 1900
Heteropia simplex Northwest Pacific
Heteropia striata Western Central Pacific 1916
Sycettusa connexiva Indo-West Pacific 1883
Sycettusa glomerosa Indo-West Pacific and Sou 1873
Sycettusa hirsutissima Western Indian Ocean 2018
Sycettusa kuekenthali Arctic 1896
Sycettusa pelagica Southwest Atlantic 1881
Sycettusa tenuis Western Central Pacific 2000
Syconessa syconiformis Western Central Pacific 1967
Vosmaeropsis connexiva Western Central Pacific
Vosmaeropsis cyathus Western Central Pacific 1873
Vosmaeropsis dendyi Western Central Pacific
Vosmaeropsis depressa Eastern Indian Ocean 1892
Vosmaeropsis gardineri Mediterranean 1916
Vosmaeropsis glebula Western Indian Ocean 2018
Vosmaeropsis griseus Western Indian Ocean 1939
Vosmaeropsis hispanica Western Indian Ocean 1933
Vosmaeropsis hozawai Western Central Pacific a 2000
Vosmaeropsis inflata Western Central Pacific a 1942
Vosmaeropsis japonica Northwest Pacific 1929
Vosmaeropsis levis Eastern Central Pacific a 1940
Vosmaeropsis macera Eastern Central Pacific a 1886
Vosmaeropsis mackinnoni Eastern Central Pacific a
Vosmaeropsis maculata Eastern Central Pacific a
Vosmaeropsis oruetai Eastern Central Pacific a
Vosmaeropsis ovata Eastern Central Pacific a
Vosmaeropsis sasakii Eastern Central Pacific a
Vosmaeropsis simplex Mediterranean 1940
Vosmaeropsis spinosa Mediterranean
Vosmaeropsis triradiata Mediterranean
Vosmaeropsis wilsoni Eastern Indian Ocean 1892



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