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Family: Spongicolidae glass sponge shrimps (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Engystenopus palmipes []	No picture found Globospongicola nudibranchus []	No picture found Globospongicola spinulatus []
No picture found Microprosthema lubricum []	No picture found Microprosthema manningi [Tawny conch shrimp]	No picture found Microprosthema scabricaudatum []
No picture found Microprosthema semilaeve [Crimson coral shrimp]	No picture found Microprosthema takedai []	No picture found Microprosthema validum [Robust boxer shrimp]
No picture found Spongicola andamanicus [Hawaiian glass-sponge shrimp]	No picture found Spongicola goyi []	No picture found Spongicola levigatus []
No picture found Spongicola parvispinus []	No picture found Spongicoloides iheyaensis []	No picture found Spongiocaris hexactinellicola [Caribbean glass-sponge shrimp]
No picture found Spongiocaris yaldwyni []

16 Species of Family Spongicolidae
(glass sponge shrimps)

Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Engystenopus palmipes		Indo-West Pacific.
Globospongicola nudibranchus		Western Central Pacific	0.2 CL
Globospongicola spinulatus		Western Central Pacific	0.37 CL
Microprosthema lubricum		Pacific Ocean
Microprosthema manningi	Tawny conch shrimp	Western Central Atlantic.
Microprosthema scabricaudatum		Indo-Pacific
Microprosthema semilaeve	Crimson coral shrimp	Western Atlantic
Microprosthema takedai		Eastern Central Pacific
Microprosthema validum	Robust boxer shrimp	Indo-West Pacific.	2.5 TL
Spongicola andamanicus	Hawaiian glass-sponge shrimp	Indo-West Pacific.
Spongicola goyi		Indo-West Pacific.
Spongicola levigatus		Western Pacific.
Spongicola parvispinus		Southeast Pacific
Spongicoloides iheyaensis		Northwest Pacific
Spongiocaris hexactinellicola	Caribbean glass-sponge shrimp	Western Central Atlantic.
Spongiocaris yaldwyni		Southwest Pacific

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