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Family: Acarnidae (See list of species below)

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37 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Acarnus bergquistae []	No picture found Acarnus bicladotylotus []	No picture found Acarnus caledoniensis []
No picture found Acarnus claudei []	No picture found Acarnus erithacus [Red volcano sponge]	No picture found Acarnus innominatus []
No picture found Acarnus nicoleae []	No picture found Acarnus primigenius []	No picture found Acarnus ternatus []
No picture found Acarnus wolffgangi []	No picture found Cornulum achela []	No picture found Cornulum textile []
No picture found Cornulum toxiferum []	No picture found Cornulum virguliferum []	No picture found Damiria simplex []
No picture found Iophon abnormale []	No picture found Iophon aceratum []	No picture found Iophon cheliferum []
No picture found Iophon chilense []	No picture found Iophon dubium []	No picture found Iophon gaussi []
No picture found Iophon koltuni []	No picture found Iophon laminale []	No picture found Iophon minor []
No picture found Iophon piceum [Pitch-black horny sponge]	No picture found Iophon proximum [Chilean breadcrumb sponge]	No picture found Iophon radiatum []
No picture found Iophon terranovae []	No picture found Iophon tubiforme []	No picture found Iophon unicorne []
No picture found Megaciella cardenasi []	No picture found Megaciella pilosa []	No picture found Megaciella tawiensis []
No picture found Paracornulum dubium []	No picture found Paracornulum strepsichela []	No picture found Wigginsia wigginsi []
No picture found Zyzzya fuliginosa []

37 Species of Family Acarnidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Acarnus bergquistae		Western Central Pacific
Acarnus bicladotylotus		Western Central Pacific
Acarnus caledoniensis		Western Central Pacific
Acarnus claudei		Western Central Pacific
Acarnus erithacus	Red volcano sponge	Eastern Pacific	4 H
Acarnus innominatus		Atlantic Ocean.
Acarnus nicoleae		Indian Ocean, Atlantic Oc
Acarnus primigenius		Indo-West Pacific.
Acarnus ternatus		South China Sea.
Acarnus wolffgangi		Western Central Pacific
Cornulum achela		Western Central Pacific
Cornulum textile		Northeast Atlantic
Cornulum toxiferum		Western Central Pacific
Cornulum virguliferum		Western Central Pacific.
Damiria simplex		Western Central Pacific
Iophon abnormale		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Iophon aceratum		Antarctic Pacific
Iophon cheliferum		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Iophon chilense		Southeast Pacific
Iophon dubium		Arctic and Northern Atlan
Iophon gaussi		Antarctic Atlantic
Iophon koltuni		Arctic and North Atlantic
Iophon laminale		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Iophon minor		Southwest Pacific
Iophon piceum	Pitch-black horny sponge	Northern Atlantic and the
Iophon proximum	Chilean breadcrumb sponge	Cosmopolitan.
Iophon radiatum		Indo-Pacific and the Anta
Iophon terranovae		Antarctica.
Iophon tubiforme		Southeast Pacific
Iophon unicorne		Southern Oceans
Megaciella cardenasi		Antarctic Atlantic
Megaciella pilosa		Antarctic and Western Cen
Megaciella tawiensis		Western Central Pacific
Paracornulum dubium		Western Central Pacific
Paracornulum strepsichela		Western Central Pacific
Wigginsia wigginsi		Arctic
Zyzzya fuliginosa		Western Central Pacific

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