Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Acanthodasys aculeatus	Atlantic Ocean, Mediterra	0.1 TL	1927
Acanthodasys arcassonensis	Northeast Atlantic		1987
Acanthodasys caribbeanensis	Western Central Atlantic		2010
Acanthodasys fibrosus	Northeast Atlantic	0.1 TL	2003
Acanthodasys lineatus	Northeast Atlantic	0.1 BL	2000
Acanthodasys silvulus	Western Atlantic Ocean.		1992
Diplodasys ankeli	Southeast Pacific, Northe	0.0 BASL	1954
Diplodasys caudatus	Northeast Atlantic		1987
Diplodasys meloriae	Mediterranean Sea	0.0 TL	1992
Diplodasys minor	Northeast Atlantic, Medit	0.0 TL	1936
Diplodasys platydasyoides	Mediterranean Sea		1927
Diplodasys remanei	Indo-West Pacific.		1968
Diplodasys swedmarki	Northeast Atlantic		1987
Hemidasys agaso	Mediterranean Sea		1867
Oregodasys katharinae	Western Central Atlantic		2010
Oregodasys norenburgi	Eastern Central Atlantic		2010
Oregodasys ocellatus	Eastern Central Atlantic		1965
Platydasys itoi	Northwest Pacific	0.1 BASL	2002
Platydasys mastigurus	Northeast Atlantic	0.1 BL	1965
Platydasys maximus	Northeast Atlantic, Medit	0.1 BASL	1927
Platydasys ocellatus	Northeast Atlantic and th	0.0 TL	1965
Platydasys pacificus	Eastern Pacific.		1974
Platydasys phacellatus	Mediterranean Sea	0.1 TL	1965
Platydasys rarus	Northeast Atlantic		1961
Platydasys ruber	Northeast Atlantic		1956
Platydasys schultzi	Northeast Atlantic		1940
Platydasys stiliferus	Mediterranean Sea		1965
Platydasys styliferus	Eastern Atlantic Ocean.		1965
Platydasys tentaculatus	Mediterranean Sea		1956
Pseudostomella andamanica	Southern Asia.		1993
Pseudostomella cataphracta	Mediterranean Sea		1970
Pseudostomella etrusca	Mediterranean Sea.	0.0 TL	1993
Pseudostomella faroensis	Northeast Atlantic	0.0 BASL	2004
Pseudostomella indica	Indo-West Pacific.		1970
Pseudostomella klauserae	Western Central Pacific	0.0 TL	2002
Pseudostomella koreana	Northwest Pacific		2002
Pseudostomella longifurca	Northwest Pacific		2002
Pseudostomella malayica	Eastern Atlantic Ocean an		1967
Pseudostomella megapalpator	Western Central Pacific	0.0 TL	1967
Pseudostomella plumosa	Western Atlantic		1970
Pseudostomella roscovita	Atlantic Ocean, Mediterra		1956
Ptychostomella bergensis	Northeast Atlantic	0.0 BASL	1996
Ptychostomella brachycephala	Northeast Atlantic.	0.0 BASL	1954
Ptychostomella helena	Northeast Atlantic	0.1 BASL	1936
Ptychostomella higginsi	Northeast Atlantic	0.0 BASL	2004
Ptychostomella lepidota	Northeast Atlantic	0.0 BASL	2000
Ptychostomella mediterranea	Mediterranean Sea	0.0 BL	1927
Ptychostomella ommatophora	Northeast Atlantic.	0.0 BASL	1927
Ptychostomella orientalis	Northwest Pacific	0.0 TL	2003
Ptychostomella papillata	Northwest Pacific	0.0 BASL	2003
Ptychostomella pectinata	Northeast Atlantic.	0.0 BASL	1936
Ptychostomella tyrrhenica	Mediterranean Sea.	0.0 TL	1993
Tetranchyroderma adeleae	Western Central Pacific	0.0 TL	2008
Tetranchyroderma aethesbregmum	Northwest Pacific		2012
Tetranchyroderma anomalopsum	Mediterranean Sea	0.0 TL	1996
Tetranchyroderma antennatum	Mediterranean Sea and No		1970
Tetranchyroderma aphenothigmum	Mediterranean Sea	0.0 TL	1998
Tetranchyroderma apus	Northeast Atlantic, Medit		1927
Tetranchyroderma arcticum	Northeast Atlantic	0.0 BL	2000
Tetranchyroderma australiensis	Southwest Pacific	0.0 TL	2006
Tetranchyroderma boadeni	Mediterranean Sea		1970
Tetranchyroderma boreale	Northeast Atlantic	0.0 BL	2000
Tetranchyroderma bulbosum	Northeast Atlantic	0.0 BL	2000
Tetranchyroderma bunti	Western Atlantic		1970
Tetranchyroderma canariensis	Eastern Central Atlantic	0.0 TL	2003
Tetranchyroderma cirrophorum	Indian Ocean, Northeast A	0.1 BL	1950
Tetranchyroderma coelopodium	Northeast Atlantic and th		1963
Tetranchyroderma dendricum	Northwest Pacific		1937
Tetranchyroderma dragescoi	Northeast Atlantic		1967
Tetranchyroderma enalosa	Northeast Atlantic		1977
Tetranchyroderma esarabdophorum	Mediterranean Sea		1984
Tetranchyroderma faroense	Northeast Atlantic	0.0 BASL	2004
Tetranchyroderma gracilium	Northwest Pacific		1998
Tetranchyroderma heterotentaculatum	Northwest Pacific		2001
Tetranchyroderma heterotubulatum	Mediterranean Sea.	0.0 TL	1993
Tetranchyroderma hirtum	Western Central Atlantic	0.0 TL	1970
Tetranchyroderma hoonsooi	Northwest Atlantic		2001
Tetranchyroderma hypopsilancrum	Mediterranean Sea	0.1 TL	1993
Tetranchyroderma hystrix	Northeast Atlantic.		1926
Tetranchyroderma inaequitubulatum	Mediterranean Sea	0.0 TL	2002
Tetranchyroderma indicum	Indo-West Pacific		1968
Tetranchyroderma insolitum	Northwest Pacific		2012
Tetranchyroderma insulare	Mediterranean Sea		1994
Tetranchyroderma kontosomum	Mediterranean Sea	0.0 TL	1996
Tetranchyroderma littoralis	Indo-West Pacific.		1981
Tetranchyroderma massiliense	Northeast Atlantic and th		1956
Tetranchyroderma megabitubulatum	Northwest Pacific		2012
Tetranchyroderma megastomum	Indian Ocean, Northern At		1927
Tetranchyroderma multicirratum	Northwest Pacific		2007
Tetranchyroderma norvegicum	Northeast Atlantic	0.0 TL	1996
Tetranchyroderma pachysomum	Mediterranean Sea	0.0 TL	1993
Tetranchyroderma pacificum	Southeast Pacific and Eas		1974
Tetranchyroderma papii	Northwest Atlantic and th		1953
Tetranchyroderma paradoxum	Western Atlantic		1970
Tetranchyroderma paralittoralis	Indo-West Pacific.		1991
Tetranchyroderma pentaspersus	Southwest Pacific	0.0 TL	2006
Tetranchyroderma polyacanthus	Northeast Atlantic		1927
Tetranchyroderma polypodium	Mediterranean Sea		1971
Tetranchyroderma polyprobolostomum	Mediterranean Sea.	0.0 TL	1996
Tetranchyroderma psilotopum	Mediterranean Sea	0.0 TL	1998
Tetranchyroderma pugetensis	Northeast Atlantic	0.0 TL	1957
Tetranchyroderma quadritentaculatum	Southwest Atlantic and th	0.0 BL	1992
Tetranchyroderma sanctaecaterinae	Mediterranean Sea	0.0 TL	1992
Tetranchyroderma sardum	Western Central Atlantic	0.0 TL	1988
Tetranchyroderma sarokem	Western Central Atlantic		1977
Tetranchyroderma schizocirratum	Northwest Pacific	0.0 TL	2002
Tetranchyroderma suecicum	Eastern Atlantic Ocean an		1960
Tetranchyroderma swedmarki	Western Atlantic and Indi		1968
Tetranchyroderma symphorochetum	Mediterranean Sea	0.1 TL	1998
Tetranchyroderma tanymesatherum	Mediterranean Sea	0.0 TL	1996
Tetranchyroderma tentaculata	Indo-West Pacific.		1993
Tetranchyroderma thysanogaster	Atlantic Ocean and the Me	0.0 BL	1965
Tetranchyroderma thysanophorum	Mediterranean Sea.	0.0 TL	1993
Tetranchyroderma tribolosum	Northeast Atlantic.	0.0 BL	1965
Tetranchyroderma verum	Mediterranean Sea		1954
Tetranchyroderma weissi	Northwest Atlantic	0.1 BASL	2002
Thaumastoderma appendiculatum	Northwest Pacific		1998
Thaumastoderma arcassonense	Northeast Atlantic		1965
Thaumastoderma bifurcatum	Northeast Atlantic		1991
Thaumastoderma cantacuzeni	Northeast Atlantic		1959
Thaumastoderma clandestinum	Northwest Pacific	0.0 TL	2002
Thaumastoderma copiophorum	Northwest Pacific		1998
Thaumastoderma coronarium	Northwest Pacific		1998
Thaumastoderma heideri	Northern Atlantic and the		1926
Thaumastoderma mediterraneum	Northeast Atlantic and th	0.0 BL	1927
Thaumastoderma moebjergi	Northeast Atlantic	0.0 BASL	2004
Thaumastoderma ramuliferum	Northeast Atlantic and M	0.0 TL	1965
Thaumastoderma renaudi	Northeast Atlantic		1987
Thaumastoderma swedmarki	Northeast Atlantic		1950
Thaumastoderma truncatum	Northeast Atlantic		1991

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Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Thaumastodermatidae (See list of species below)

Family: Thaumastodermatidae

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