Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Cilunculus achelioides		Indo-West Pacific		1991
Cilunculus alcicornis		Northeast Atlantic		1978
Cilunculus antillensis		Western Central Atlantic		1955
Cilunculus armatus		Northwest Pacific		1879
Cilunculus ateuchus		Western Central Pacific		2004
Cilunculus australiensis		Indo-West Pacific		1963
Cilunculus battenae		Eastern Atlantic		1993
Cilunculus bifidus		Southeast Atlantic		1968
Cilunculus cactoides		Southwest Pacific and the		1969
Cilunculus compactus		Western Central Pacific		1991
Cilunculus crinitus		Indo-West Pacific		1991
Cilunculus cymobostrychos		Western Central Pacific		2004
Cilunculus europaeus		Eastern Atlantic and the		1978
Cilunculus frontosus		Western Central Pacific		1908
Cilunculus galeritus		Northwest Pacific		1991
Cilunculus gracilis		Northwest Pacific		1991
Cilunculus hardai		Northwest Pacific		1983
Cilunculus hirsutus		Western Central Pacific		1963
Cilunculus japonica		Northwest Pacific		1990
Cilunculus kravcovi		Antarctic		1973
Cilunculus mergus		Western Central Pacific		2004
Cilunculus misesetosus		Western Central Pacific		2005
Cilunculus pedatus		Pacific Ocean		1991
Cilunculus perspicax		Central Indo-West Pacific		1908
Cilunculus profundus		Northwest Pacific		1949
Cilunculus scaurus		Western Central Pacific		1997
Cilunculus sekiguchii		Northwest Pacific		1983
Cilunculus sewelli		Southeast Atlantic and In		1938
Cilunculus spinicristus		Southwest Pacific		1987
Cilunculus tubicinis		Northeast Atlantic		1982
Dromedopycnon acanthus		Southwest Atlantic and An		1982
Dromedopycnon arthritis		Western Central Pacific		2004
Elassorhis laterospinata		Southwest Atlantic		1982
Ephyrogymna circularis		Western Central Atlantic		1943
Eurycyde acanthopus		Western Central Atlantic		1979
Eurycyde antarctica		Antarctic Pacific		1987
Eurycyde arctica		Northwest Pacific	1.0 LS	1995
Eurycyde clitellaria		Western Atlantic and East		1955
Eurycyde curvata		Western Central Atlantic		1979
Eurycyde depressa		Northwest Pacific		1995
Eurycyde diacantha		Eastern Atlantic		1990
Eurycyde flagella		Eastern Indian Ocean		2000
Eurycyde gorda		Western Central Atlantic		1979
Eurycyde hispida		Arctic and Northwest Atla		1844
Eurycyde longioculata		Northeast Pacific (Ref. 1		1990
Eurycyde longisetosa		Eastern Pacific		1942
Eurycyde muricata		Northwest Pacific		1995
Eurycyde platyspina		Southwest Atlantic		1992
Eurycyde raphiaster		Western and Central Atlan		1912
Eurycyde sertula		Western Central Pacific	0.5 LS	1991
Eurycyde setosa		Indo-West Pacific		1988
Eurycyde spinosa		Eastern Pacific		1916
Eurycyde unispina		Western Central Atlantic		1986
Hedgpethius interstitialis		Western Central Atlantic		1989
Hedgpethius mamillatus		Western Central Atlantic		1982
Hedgpethius tridentatus		Western Central Atlantic		1974
Hemichela longiunguis		Western Central Pacific		1982
Hemichela micrasterias		Western Central Pacific		1954
Heterofragilia amica		Northwest Pacific		1954
Heterofragilia brevicauda		Western Pacific		1991
Heterofragilia fimbriata		Western Central Atlantic		1943
Heterofragilia hirsuta		Northwest Pacific		1991
Heterofragilia major		Western Central Atlantic		1986
Megarhetus brevicheliferus		Atlantic Ocean.		1948
Nymphonella lambertensis		Southeast Atlantic		1959
Nymphonella tapetis		Northwest Pacific and the		1927
Nymphopsis acinacispinatus		Indo-West Pacific		1933
Nymphopsis anarthra		Western Central Atlantic		1928
Nymphopsis armatus		Western Central Pacific		1884
Nymphopsis bathursti		Western Central Pacific		1940
Nymphopsis curtiscapus		Western Indian Ocean		1974
Nymphopsis cuspidata		Southeast Atlantic		1910
Nymphopsis dromedaria		Western Central Atlantic		1967
Nymphopsis duodorsospinosa		Western Atlantic and Paci		1942
Nymphopsis korotnewi		Indo-West Pacific		1887
Nymphopsis melidae		Southwest Atlantic		1947
Nymphopsis muscosa		Central Indo-West Pacific		1908
Nymphopsis spinosissima		Eastern Pacific		1912
Nymphopsis varipes		Southeast Atlantic		1962
Oorhynchus aucklandiae		Southwest Pacific		1881
Paranymphon filarium		Western Atlantic		1986
Paranymphon magnidigitatum		Northwest Pacific		1987
Paranymphon spinosum		Northern Pacific, Atlanti		1896
Proboehmia tubirostris		Indo-West Pacific		1991
Prototrygaeus ammothelloides		Western Central Atlantic		1975
Prototrygaeus contrarius		Southeast Pacific		1992
Prototrygaeus jordanae		Eastern Pacific		1990
Pycnofragilia hamisetosa		Central Indo-West Pacific		1908
Scipiolus plumosus		Indo-West Pacific.		1908
Scipiolus spinosus		Northwest Pacific		1955
Scipiolus validus		Northwest Pacific		1957
Sericosura bifurcata		Northwest Pacific		1991
Sericosura cochleifovea		Pacific Ocean		1989
Sericosura cyrtoma		Southeast Pacific (easter		1996
Sericosura mitrata		Antarctic Pacific		1944
Sericosura venticola		Northern Pacific.		1987
Tanystylum acuminatum		Western Central Atlantic		1954
Tanystylum antipodum		Indo-West Pacific		1977
Tanystylum beuroisi		Western Indian Ocean		1974
Tanystylum bigibbosum		Eastern Atlantic		1966
Tanystylum birkelandi		Western Central Atlantic		1979
Tanystylum bredini		Indo-Pacific		1970
Tanystylum brevicaudatum		Eastern Central Atlantic		1966
Tanystylum brevipes	Compact sea spider	Southeast Atlantic and We		1881
Tanystylum calcirostrum		Eastern Central Pacific a		1887
Tanystylum californicum		Eastern Pacific.		1939
Tanystylum cavidorsum		Southwest Pacific and Ant		1957
Tanystylum chierchiai		Southeast Pacific		1887
Tanystylum cinctum		Southeast Pacific		1992
Tanystylum conirostre		Western Atlantic and the		1881
Tanystylum distinctum		Southeast Pacific		1971
Tanystylum dohrni		Southeast Pacific		1889
Tanystylum dowi		Eastern Central Pacific		1979
Tanystylum duospinum		Western Central Atlantic		1939
Tanystylum evelinae		Southwest Atlantic		1940
Tanystylum excuratum		Southwest Pacific		1954
Tanystylum geminum		Western Central Atlantic		1954
Tanystylum grossifemora	Yellow hairy sea spider	Pacific and Arctic Oceans	0.2 TRKL	1942
Tanystylum haswelli		Western Central Pacific		1990
Tanystylum hoekianum		Western Central Pacific		1889
Tanystylum hooperi		Western Pacific		1977
Tanystylum hummelincki		Western Central Atlantic		1954
Tanystylum intermedium		Eastern Pacific.		1904
Tanystylum isabellae		Western Central Pacific a		1940
Tanystylum isthmiacum		Western Central Atlantic		1955
Tanystylum malpelensis		Eastern Pacific		1979
Tanystylum neorhetum		Southern Pacific, Souther		1940
Tanystylum nesiotes		South Pacific (Ref. 19);		1970
Tanystylum occidentalis		Eastern Pacific		1904
Tanystylum oculospinosum		Indo-Pacific and Western		1939
Tanystylum oedinotum		Antarctic Indian Ocean, S		1923
Tanystylum orbiculare		Indo-West Pacific, Southw		1878
Tanystylum ornatum		Southeast Atlantic and We		1928
Tanystylum papuensis		Southeast Atlantic and We		1996
Tanystylum philippinensis		Western Central Pacific	0.5 LS	1988
Tanystylum rehderi		Indo-West Pacific.		1970
Tanystylum scrutator		Indo-West Pacific		1954
Tanystylum sinoabductus		Northwest Pacific		1992
Tanystylum styligerum		Antarctic Indian Ocean an		1875
Tanystylum thermophilum		Southeast Atlantic and We		1946
Tanystylum ulreungum		Northwest Pacific		1983
Trygaeus communis		Eastern Atlantic and Medi		1881

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Family: Ammotheidae (See list of species below)

Family: Ammotheidae

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