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Family: Mitrocomidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Cosmetira pilosella []	No picture found Cosmetirella davisi []	No picture found Cyclocanna welshi []
No picture found Earleria purpurea []	No picture found Foersteria purpurea []	No picture found Halistaura cellularia []
No picture found Halopsis ocellata []	No picture found Mitrocoma annae []	No picture found Mitrocoma cellularia [Cross jelly]
No picture found Mitrocoma discoidea []	No picture found Mitrocoma minervae []	No picture found Mitrocomella brownei []
No picture found Mitrocomella cruciata []	No picture found Mitrocomella frigida []	No picture found Mitrocomella fulva []
No picture found Mitrocomella grandis []	No picture found Mitrocomella polydiademata []	No picture found Mitrocomella sinuosa []
No picture found Octogonade mediterranea []	No picture found Tiaropsidium atlanticum []	No picture found Tiaropsidium japonicum []
No picture found Tiaropsidium mediterraneum []	No picture found Tiaropsidium multicirrata []	No picture found Tiaropsidium roseum []

24 Species of Family Mitrocomidae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Cosmetira pilosella		Northeast Atlantic	4.8 WD
Cosmetirella davisi		Southwest Atlantic, Sub-A	6 WD
Cyclocanna welshi		Atlantic Ocean	6.8 WD
Earleria purpurea		Northeast Pacific	2 WD
Foersteria purpurea		Eastern Pacific	4 WD
Halistaura cellularia		Northeast Pacific	9 WD
Halopsis ocellata		Atlantic, Sub-Antarctic a	6.5 WD
Mitrocoma annae		Mediterranean	4 WD
Mitrocoma cellularia	Cross jelly	Arctic to Eastern Pacific	9 WD
Mitrocoma discoidea		Eastern Pacific	4.5 WD
Mitrocoma minervae		Eastern Indian Ocean
Mitrocomella brownei		Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	0.7 WD
Mitrocomella cruciata		Atlantic Ocean	5 WD
Mitrocomella frigida		Southern Ocean	1.7 WD
Mitrocomella fulva		Northeast Atlantic	0.6 WD
Mitrocomella grandis		Southeast Atlantic
Mitrocomella polydiademata		Atlantic, Pacific, Sub-An	3 WD
Mitrocomella sinuosa		Eastern Pacific	0.4 WD
Octogonade mediterranea		Mediterranean.	7 WD
Tiaropsidium atlanticum		Northeast Atlantic	6 WD
Tiaropsidium japonicum		Northeast Atlantic	1.8 WD
Tiaropsidium mediterraneum		Mediterranean	0.7 WD
Tiaropsidium multicirrata		Eastern Pacific	3 WD
Tiaropsidium roseum		Western Central Atlantic,	1.5 WD

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