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Family: Gnathiidae



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196 species (see list below)
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Bathygnathia adlerzia
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Bathygnathia affinis
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Bathygnathia bathybia
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Bathygnathia cardiocondyla
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Bathygnathia curvirostris
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Bathygnathia depaolorosae
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Bathygnathia magnifica
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Bathygnathia monodi
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Bathygnathia oedipus
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Bathygnathia opisthopsis
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Bathygnathia porca
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Bathygnathia segonzaci
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Bathygnathia tapinoma
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Bathygnathia vollenhovia
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Bythognathia yucatanensis
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Caecognathia abyssorum
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Caecognathia agwillisi
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Caecognathia akaroensis
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Caecognathia albescenoides
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Caecognathia amakusaensis
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Caecognathia andamanensis
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Caecognathia antarctica (Studer, 1884)

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Caecognathia antarctica
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Caecognathia bicolor
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Caecognathia branchyponera
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Caecognathia caeca
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Caecognathia calva
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Caecognathia consobrina
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Caecognathia coralliophila
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Caecognathia crenulatifrons
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Caecognathia diacamma
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Caecognathia dolichoderus
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Caecognathia elongata
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Caecognathia floridensis
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Caecognathia galzini
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Caecognathia gnamptogenys
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Caecognathia hirsuta
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Caecognathia hodgsoni
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Caecognathia huberia
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Caecognathia kikuchii
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Caecognathia leptanilla
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Caecognathia nasuta
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Caecognathia nieli
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Caecognathia nipponensis
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Caecognathia pacifica
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Caecognathia paratrechia
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Caecognathia pilosipes
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Caecognathia polaris
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Caecognathia polythrix
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Caecognathia pustulosa
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Caecognathia regalis
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Caecognathia robusta
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Caecognathia saikaiensis
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Caecognathia samariensis
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Caecognathia sanctaecrucis
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Caecognathia schistifrons
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Caecognathia serrata
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Caecognathia stygia
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Caecognathia trachymesopus
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Caecognathia vanhoeffeni
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Caecognathia vemae
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Caecognathia wagneri
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Elaphognathia amboinenesis
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Elaphognathia bacescoi
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Elaphognathia bifurcilla
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Elaphognathia cornigera
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Elaphognathia discolor
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Elaphognathia ferox
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Elaphognathia forceps
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Elaphognathia froygattella
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Elaphognathia insolita
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Elaphognathia korachaensis
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Elaphognathia lucanoides
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Elaphognathia monodi
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Elaphognathia rangifer
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Elaphognathia rimifrons
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Elaphognathia sugashimaensis
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Elaphognathia wolffi
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Euneognathia gigas
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Gibbagnathia europalothrix
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Gnathia africana
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Gnathia albescens
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Gnathia alces
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Gnathia andrei
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Gnathia antarctica
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Gnathia arabica
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Gnathia arctica
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Gnathia asperifrons
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Gnathia aureola
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Gnathia australis
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Gnathia barnardi
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Gnathia beethoveni
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Gnathia bengalensis
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Gnathia biorbis
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Gnathia brachyuropus
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Gnathia brucei
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Gnathia bungoensis
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Gnathia calamitosa
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Gnathia calmani
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Gnathia calsi
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Gnathia camponotus
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Gnathia capillata
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Gnathia cerina
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Gnathia clementensis
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Gnathia cooki
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Gnathia cornuta
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Gnathia coronadoensis
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Gnathia crenulatifrons
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Gnathia cristata
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Gnathia cryptopais
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Gnathia dentata
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Gnathia derzhavini
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Gnathia disjuncta
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Gnathia elongata
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Gnathia epopstruma
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Gnathia falcipenis
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Gnathia fallax
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Gnathia firingae
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Gnathia floridensis
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Gnathia fragilis
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Gnathia gonzalezi
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Gnathia gurjanovae
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Gnathia halei
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Gnathia hemingwayi
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Gnathia hirayamai
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Gnathia illepidus
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Gnathia incana
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Gnathia indoinsularis
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Gnathia inopinata
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Gnathia iridomyrmex
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Gnathia johanna
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Gnathia lacunacapitalis
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Gnathia latidens
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Gnathia lignophila
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Gnathia magdalenensis
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Gnathia malaysiensis
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Gnathia margaritarum
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Gnathia maxillaris
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Gnathia meticola
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Gnathia mortenseni
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Gnathia mulieraria
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Gnathia mutsuensis
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Gnathia mystrium
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Gnathia nicembola
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Gnathia nigrograndilaris
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Gnathia nkulu
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Gnathia notostigma
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Gnathia odontomachus
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Gnathia oxyuraea
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Gnathia panousei
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Gnathia pantherina
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Gnathia perimulica
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Gnathia phallonajopsis
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Gnathia philogona
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Gnathia piscivora
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Gnathia productatridens
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Gnathia prolasius
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Gnathia puertoricensis
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Gnathia rathi
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Gnathia rectifrons
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Gnathia rhytidoponera
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Gnathia ricardoi
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Gnathia samariensis
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Gnathia sanctaecrucis
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Gnathia sanrikuensis
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Gnathia schmidti
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Gnathia serrulatifrons
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Gnathia sifae
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Gnathia spongicola
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Gnathia steveni
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Gnathia stigmacros
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Gnathia stygia
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Gnathia taprobanensis
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Gnathia teissieri
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Gnathia tridens
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Gnathia trilobata
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Gnathia trimaculata
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Gnathia triospathiona
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Gnathia tuberculata
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Gnathia tuberculosa
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Gnathia ubatuba
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Gnathia variobranchia
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Gnathia vellosa
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Gnathia venusta
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Gnathia virginalis
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Gnathia vorax
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Monodgnathia colobostruma
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Monodgnathia cristatipes
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Monodgnathia ponera
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Monodgnathia poteriophora
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Paragnathia formica
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Tenerognathia visus
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Thaumastognathia bicorniger
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Thaumastognathia diceros
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Thaumastognathia metaphone
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Thaumastognathia orectognathus
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Thaumastognathia wasmannia
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Bathygnathia adlerzia Coral Sea, Australia. 1994
Bathygnathia affinis N.W. Pacific. 1963
Bathygnathia bathybia Northeast Atlantic 1886
Bathygnathia cardiocondyla Indo-West Pacific 1994
Bathygnathia curvirostris N.W. Atlantic. 1909
Bathygnathia depaolorosae Western Atlantic 2003
Bathygnathia magnifica Brazil. 1977
Bathygnathia monodi Northeast Atlantic 1974
Bathygnathia oedipus Rockall Bank. 1913
Bathygnathia opisthopsis New South Wales, Australi 1994
Bathygnathia porca Antarctic Indian Ocean 1980
Bathygnathia segonzaci off Angola. 1982
Bathygnathia tapinoma Southwest Pacific 1994
Bathygnathia vollenhovia Indo-West Pacific 1994
Bythognathia yucatanensis Yucatan, Mexico. 1988
Caecognathia abyssorum N. Atlantic. 1872
Caecognathia agwillisi Victoria, Australia. 1979
Caecognathia akaroensis Southwest Pacific 1926
Caecognathia albescenoides S. Atlantic. 1962
Caecognathia amakusaensis Japan. 1992
Caecognathia andamanensis Eastern Indian Ocean 2002
Caecognathia antarctica Southwest Pacific and Ant 1884
Caecognathia bicolor Northeast Atlantic and Ar 1916
Caecognathia branchyponera New South Wales, Australi 1994
Caecognathia caeca N. Atlantic. 1911
Caecognathia calva Antarctic Atlantic. 1914
Caecognathia consobrina Antarctic Atlantic. 1926
Caecognathia coralliophila Thailand. 1926
Caecognathia crenulatifrons California, USA. 1926
Caecognathia diacamma Eastern Indian Ocean 1994
Caecognathia dolichoderus Eastern Indian Ocean 1994
Caecognathia elongata Arctic and Northern Atlan 1849
Caecognathia floridensis Gulf of Mexico. 1983
Caecognathia galzini Moorea, Society Is. 1989
Caecognathia gnamptogenys Eastern Indian Ocean 1994
Caecognathia hirsuta Storeggen Bank. 1877
Caecognathia hodgsoni High Antarctic Region. 1914
Caecognathia huberia Eastern Indian Ocean 1994
Caecognathia kikuchii Japan. 1992
Caecognathia leptanilla Eastern Indian Ocean 1994
Caecognathia nasuta Japan. 1992
Caecognathia nieli Southwest Pacific 0.6 BL 2006
Caecognathia nipponensis Japan. 1926
Caecognathia pacifica Southwest Pacific 1926
Caecognathia paratrechia South Australia. 1994
Caecognathia pilosipes Gulf of Thailand. 1926
Caecognathia polaris High Antarctic Region. 1902
Caecognathia polythrix Southwest Pacific 1926
Caecognathia pustulosa South Australia. 1924
Caecognathia regalis Southwest Pacific 1926
Caecognathia robusta Norway. 1879
Caecognathia saikaiensis Japan. 1992
Caecognathia samariensis Colombia. 1988
Caecognathia sanctaecrucis S. California, USA. 1972
Caecognathia schistifrons Ireland. 1912
Caecognathia serrata Massachusetts, USA. 1908
Caecognathia stygia Arctic and Northern Atlan 1877
Caecognathia trachymesopus Eastern Indian Ocean 1994
Caecognathia vanhoeffeni Chile. 1962
Caecognathia vemae S. Atlantic. 1962
Caecognathia wagneri S. Atlantic. 1925
Elaphognathia amboinenesis South Moluccan Is. 1978
Elaphognathia bacescoi Black Sea. 1969
Elaphognathia bifurcilla E. Australia. 1980
Elaphognathia cornigera Japan. 1992
Elaphognathia discolor Japan. 1988
Elaphognathia ferox New South Wales. 1884
Elaphognathia forceps E. Australia. 1980
Elaphognathia froygattella Eastern Indian Ocean 1994
Elaphognathia insolita Sri Lanka. 1904
Elaphognathia korachaensis Thailand. 2002
Elaphognathia lucanoides Japan. 1926
Elaphognathia monodi Sea of Japan. 1936
Elaphognathia rangifer Indonesia. 1926
Elaphognathia rimifrons Queensland, Australia. 1980
Elaphognathia sugashimaensis Sea of Japan. 1981
Elaphognathia wolffi Kenya. 1989
Euneognathia gigas Atlantic and Antarctic. 1886
Gibbagnathia europalothrix Eastern Indian Ocean 1994
Gnathia africana South Africa. 1914
Gnathia albescens Northeast Atlantic and th 1916
Gnathia alces Gulf of Thailand. 1926
Gnathia andrei Brazil. 1996
Gnathia antarctica Antarctic Atlantic 1883
Gnathia arabica Western Indian Ocean 1995
Gnathia arctica Northeast Atlantic and th 1929
Gnathia asperifrons Queensland, Australia. 1980
Gnathia aureola Loyalty Is. 1900
Gnathia australis Western Central Pacific 2006
Gnathia barnardi South Africa. 2002
Gnathia beethoveni Venezuela. 1971
Gnathia bengalensis India. 1993
Gnathia biorbis Queensland, Australia. 1980
Gnathia brachyuropus Southwest Pacific 1926
Gnathia brucei North Carolina, USA. 2003
Gnathia bungoensis Japan. 1982
Gnathia calamitosa New South Wales. 1926
Gnathia calmani Victoria, Australia. 1926
Gnathia calsi Martinique. 1993
Gnathia camponotus Eastern Indian Ocean 1994
Gnathia capillata Japan. 2004
Gnathia cerina Northwest Atlantic 1853
Gnathia clementensis San Clemente Canyon, Cali 1966
Gnathia cooki Moorea, Society Is. 1989
Gnathia cornuta Queensland, Australia. 1980
Gnathia coronadoensis Coronado Canyon. 1966
Gnathia crenulatifrons Coronado Canyon. 1926
Gnathia cristata Coronado Canyon. 1887
Gnathia cryptopais South Africa. 1925
Gnathia dentata Hardanger Fjord and the C 1872
Gnathia derzhavini Sea of Japan. 1933
Gnathia disjuncta South Africa. 1920
Gnathia elongata Arctic and Northwest Atla 1849
Gnathia epopstruma Eastern Indian Ocean 1994
Gnathia falcipenis Queensland, Australia. 1980
Gnathia fallax Northeast Atlantic 1926
Gnathia firingae Western Indian Ocean 1991
Gnathia floridensis Western Indian Ocean 1983
Gnathia fragilis Antarctic. 1977
Gnathia gonzalezi Colombia. 1988
Gnathia gurjanovae Northwest Pacific 2006
Gnathia halei Queensland, Australia. 1973
Gnathia hemingwayi Cuba. 1997
Gnathia hirayamai Japan. 1992
Gnathia illepidus Mediterranean. 1869
Gnathia incana Peru-Chile Trench. 1972
Gnathia indoinsularis Western Indian Ocean 2004
Gnathia inopinata Mediterranean. 1925
Gnathia iridomyrmex W. Victoria, Australia. 1994
Gnathia johanna St. Johns, Virgin Is. 1926
Gnathia lacunacapitalis Peru-Chile Trench. 1972
Gnathia latidens N. Australia. 1886
Gnathia lignophila Malaysia. 1993
Gnathia magdalenensis Colombia. 1988
Gnathia malaysiensis Malaysia. 1993
Gnathia margaritarum Gulf of Panama. 1926
Gnathia maxillaris Cornwall and the Canadian 1804
Gnathia meticola Queensland, Australia. 1980
Gnathia mortenseni Queensland, Australia. 1926
Gnathia mulieraria South Australia. 1924
Gnathia mutsuensis Japan. 2004
Gnathia mystrium Eastern Indian Ocean 1994
Gnathia nicembola Fiji Is. 1989
Gnathia nigrograndilaris Western Central Pacific 2006
Gnathia nkulu Southeast Atlantic. 2000
Gnathia notostigma Eastern Indian Ocean 1994
Gnathia odontomachus Victoria, Australia. 1994
Gnathia oxyuraea Arctic and Northwest Atla 1855
Gnathia panousei Arctic and Northwest Atla 1971
Gnathia pantherina South Africa. 2002
Gnathia perimulica Gulf of Thailand. 1926
Gnathia phallonajopsis Mediterranean. 1925
Gnathia philogona Singapore. 1926
Gnathia piscivora Gulf of Aqaba. 1977
Gnathia productatridens California, USA. 1959
Gnathia prolasius Eastern Indian Ocean 1994
Gnathia puertoricensis Puerto Rico. 1968
Gnathia rathi Western Central Atlantic 1984
Gnathia rectifrons Japan Sea. 1933
Gnathia rhytidoponera Coral Sea, Australia. 1994
Gnathia ricardoi Brazil. 1996
Gnathia samariensis Colombia. 1988
Gnathia sanctaecrucis Colombia. 1972
Gnathia sanrikuensis Japan. 1998
Gnathia schmidti Japan Sea. 1933
Gnathia serrulatifrons Japan Sea. 1926
Gnathia sifae Southwest Pacific 0.9 BL 2006
Gnathia spongicola South Africa. 1920
Gnathia steveni California, USA. 1962
Gnathia stigmacros Eastern Indian Ocean 1994
Gnathia stygia Northern Atlantic and the 1877
Gnathia taprobanensis Sri Lanka. 1926
Gnathia teissieri Northeast Atlantic 1972
Gnathia tridens California, USA. 1959
Gnathia trilobata Coronado Canyon. 1966
Gnathia trimaculata Western Central Pacific 2006
Gnathia triospathiona Key West. 1918
Gnathia tuberculata Japan. 1909
Gnathia tuberculosa Antarctic Indian Ocean 1886
Gnathia ubatuba Brazil. 1996
Gnathia variobranchia Queensland, Australia. 1980
Gnathia vellosa Colombia. 1988
Gnathia venusta Mediterranean. 1925
Gnathia virginalis Virgin Is. 1926
Gnathia vorax Mediterranean Sea 1849
Monodgnathia colobostruma Eastern Indian Ocean 1994
Monodgnathia cristatipes N.W. Atlantic. 1912
Monodgnathia ponera SW Pacific. 1994
Monodgnathia poteriophora St. Croix, Virgin Is. 1926
Paragnathia formica N.E. Atlantic. 1864
Tenerognathia visus Northwest Pacific. 2005
Thaumastognathia bicorniger Northwest Pacific. 2022
Thaumastognathia diceros Southwest Pacific 1926
Thaumastognathia metaphone South Australia. 1994
Thaumastognathia orectognathus Eastern Indian Ocean 1994
Thaumastognathia wasmannia Tasmania, Australia. 1994



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