Species under Thelepus
n= 16
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Thelepus binakayanensis
Pillai, 1965
Western Central Pacific
Thelepus cincinnatus
(Fabricius, 1780)
Northeast Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea, Arctic and Antarctic
Thelepus comatus
(Grube, 1859)
Indo-Pacific
Thelepus crispus
(Johnson, 1901)
Terebellid worm Eastern Pacific 30
Thelepus extensus
Hutchings & Glasby, 1987
Antarctic Indian Ocean and Southwest Pacific
Thelepus gracilis
(Kinberg,1855)
Western Central Pacific
Thelepus hamatus
Moore, 1905
Eastern Pacific
Thelepus japonicus
von Marenzeller, 1884
Indo-West Pacific
Thelepus opimus
Hutchings, 1990
Northwest Pacific
Thelepus plagiostoma
(Schmarda, 1861)
Indo-West Pacific and the Antarctic
Thelepus pulvinus
Hutchings, 1990
Northwest Pacific
Thelepus robustus
(Grube, 1878)
Western Central Atlantic
Thelepus setosus
(Quatrefages, 1865)
Spaghetti worm Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, Antarctic, and the Mediterranean Sea
Thelepus thoracicus
(Ehrenberg & Grube, 1869)
Western Indian Ocean
Thelepus triserialis
(Grube, 1855)
Mediterranean Sea
Thelepus vaughani
Gravier, 1905
Western Indian Ocean
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