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Family: Eunicidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Amphiro pacifica []	No picture found Eunice aedificatrix []	No picture found Eunice afra []
No picture found Eunice americana []	No picture found Eunice amoreuxi []	No picture found Eunice annulicornis []
No picture found Eunice antennata []	No picture found Eunice antillensis []	No picture found Eunice aphroditois [Bobbit worm]
No picture found Eunice atlantica []	No picture found Eunice australis []	No picture found Eunice badia []
No picture found Eunice barvicensis []	No picture found Eunice bilobata []	No picture found Eunice bottae []
No picture found Eunice brevis []	No picture found Eunice bucciensis []	No picture found Eunice cariboea []
No picture found Eunice cedroensis []	No picture found Eunice cincta []	No picture found Eunice cirrobranchiata []
No picture found Eunice coccinea []	No picture found Eunice coccinioides []	No picture found Eunice collaris []
No picture found Eunice collini []	No picture found Eunice conglomerans []	No picture found Eunice contingens []
No picture found Eunice denticulata []	No picture found Eunice dubitatus []	No picture found Eunice edwardsi []
No picture found Eunice ehlersi []	No picture found Eunice elegans []	No picture found Eunice eugeniae []
No picture found Eunice excariboea []	No picture found Eunice fauveli []	No picture found Eunice filamentosa []
No picture found Eunice flaccida []	No picture found Eunice flavocuprea []	No picture found Eunice floridana []
No picture found Eunice frauenfeldi []	No picture found Eunice fucata []	No picture found Eunice gagzoi []
No picture found Eunice goodei []	No picture found Eunice grubei []	No picture found Eunice guanica []
No picture found Eunice guildingi []	No picture found Eunice harassii []	No picture found Eunice hartmanae []
No picture found Eunice havaica []	No picture found Eunice hawaiensis []	No picture found Eunice hernandezi []
No picture found Eunice hirschi []	No picture found Eunice imogena []	No picture found Eunice impexa []
No picture found Eunice indica []	No picture found Eunice interrupta []	No picture found Eunice investigatoris []
No picture found Eunice jagori []	No picture found Eunice kinbergi []	No picture found Eunice laticeps []
No picture found Eunice laurillardi []	No picture found Eunice limosa []	No picture found Eunice longicirrata []
No picture found Eunice longisetis [Long bristle eunice]	No picture found Eunice lucei []	No picture found Eunice macrobranchia []
No picture found Eunice marenzelleri []	No picture found Eunice marianae []	No picture found Eunice martensi []
No picture found Eunice medicina []	No picture found Eunice megabranchia []	No picture found Eunice mexicana []
No picture found Eunice mindanavensis []	No picture found Eunice miurai []	No picture found Eunice multipectinata []
No picture found Eunice mutabilis []	No picture found Eunice mutilata []	No picture found Eunice mutilatoides []
No picture found Eunice neocaledoniensis []	No picture found Eunice nesiotes []	No picture found Eunice nicidioformis []
No picture found Eunice nigricans []	No picture found Eunice norvegica []	No picture found Eunice notata []
No picture found Eunice oerstedii []	No picture found Eunice orensanzi []	No picture found Eunice palauensis []
No picture found Eunice pauroneurata []	No picture found Eunice pectinata []	No picture found Eunice pellucida []
No picture found Eunice pennata []	No picture found Eunice perimensis []	No picture found Eunice perrieri []
No picture found Eunice petersi []	No picture found Eunice plessisi []	No picture found Eunice polybranchia []
No picture found Eunice pruvoti []	No picture found Eunice pulvinopalpata []	No picture found Eunice purpurea []
No picture found Eunice reducta []	No picture found Eunice riojai []	No picture found Eunice rosaurae []
No picture found Eunice roussaei []	No picture found Eunice rousseaui []	No picture found Eunice rubra []
No picture found Eunice rubrovittata []	No picture found Eunice rullieri []	No picture found Eunice savignyi []
No picture found Eunice schemacephala []	No picture found Eunice schizobranchia []	No picture found Eunice segregata []
No picture found Eunice semisegregata []	No picture found Eunice siciliensis []	No picture found Eunice sonorae []
No picture found Eunice stanleyi []	No picture found Eunice stigmatura []	No picture found Eunice tenuis []
No picture found Eunice thomasiana []	No picture found Eunice tibiana []	No picture found Eunice torquata []
No picture found Eunice tridentata []	No picture found Eunice tubifex []	No picture found Eunice unidentata []
No picture found Eunice unifrons []	No picture found Eunice valens [White-banded bobbit worm]	No picture found Eunice validobranchiata []
No picture found Eunice violeceomaculata []	No picture found Eunice viridis []	No picture found Eunice vittata []
No picture found Eunice vittatopsis []	No picture found Eunice wasinensis []	No picture found Eunice websteri []
No picture found Euniphysa aculeata []	No picture found Euniphysa auriculata []	No picture found Euniphysa italica []
No picture found Euniphysa oculata []	No picture found Euniphysa spinea []	No picture found Heterophysa tridontesa []
No picture found Lysidice collaris [Polychaetes]	No picture found Lysidice ninetta []	No picture found Lysidice robusta []
No picture found Lysidice tortugae []	No picture found Lysidice trimera []	No picture found Lysidice unicornis []
No picture found Marphysa adenensis []	No picture found Marphysa aenea []	No picture found Marphysa amadae []
No picture found Marphysa angelensis []	No picture found Marphysa aransensis []	No picture found Marphysa banana []
No picture found Marphysa bellii []	No picture found Marphysa bernardi []	No picture found Marphysa bifurcata []
No picture found Marphysa brevitentaculata []	No picture found Marphysa capensis []	No picture found Marphysa conferta []
No picture found Marphysa corallina []	No picture found Marphysa depressa []	No picture found Marphysa disjuncta []
No picture found Marphysa escobarae []	No picture found Marphysa fallax []	No picture found Marphysa furcellata []
No picture found Marphysa gemmata []	No picture found Marphysa gravelyi []	No picture found Marphysa hamata []
No picture found Marphysa hongkongensa []	No picture found Marphysa iloiloensis []	No picture found Marphysa kinbergi []
No picture found Marphysa languida []	No picture found Marphysa longula []	No picture found Marphysa macintoshi []
No picture found Marphysa minima []	No picture found Marphysa mixta []	No picture found Marphysa mortenseni []
No picture found Marphysa papuaensis []	No picture found Marphysa posterobranchia []	No picture found Marphysa regalis []
No picture found Marphysa sanguinea [Red-gilled marphysa]	No picture found Marphysa schmardai []	No picture found Marphysa simplex []
No picture found Marphysa striata []	No picture found Marphysa stylobranchiata []	No picture found Marphysa zanolae []
No picture found Nauphanta mossambica []	No picture found Nematonereis hebes []	No picture found Palola edentulum []
No picture found Palola paloloides []	No picture found Palola valida []	No picture found Palolo siciliensis []
No picture found Paraeuniphysa falciseta []	No picture found Paraeuniphysa taiwanensis []	No picture found Paucibranchia stragulum []

192 Species of Family Eunicidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Amphiro pacifica		Western Central Pacific.
Eunice aedificatrix		Eastern Pacific
Eunice afra		Indo-West Pacific and Wes
Eunice americana		Eastern Pacific
Eunice amoreuxi		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice annulicornis		Mediterranean.
Eunice antennata		Indo-Pacific, Western Cen
Eunice antillensis		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice aphroditois	Bobbit worm	Indo-Pacific and Atlantic
Eunice atlantica		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice australis		Indo-Pacific.
Eunice badia		Western Central Pacific
Eunice barvicensis		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice bilobata		Eastern Central Pacific
Eunice bottae		Western Indian Ocean
Eunice brevis		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice bucciensis		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice cariboea		Eastern Pacific and Weste
Eunice cedroensis		Eastern Pacific
Eunice cincta		Western Pacific and Weste
Eunice cirrobranchiata		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice coccinea		Indo-West Pacific
Eunice coccinioides		Western Central Pacific
Eunice collaris		Western Indian Ocean
Eunice collini		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice conglomerans		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice contingens		Eastern Pacific
Eunice denticulata		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice dubitatus		Mediterranean Sea.
Eunice edwardsi		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Eunice ehlersi		Western Indian Ocean
Eunice elegans		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice eugeniae		Eastern Central Pacific
Eunice excariboea		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice fauveli		Western Indian Ocean
Eunice filamentosa		Pacific Ocean and Western
Eunice flaccida		Western Indian Ocean
Eunice flavocuprea		Western Indian Ocean
Eunice floridana		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice frauenfeldi		Antarctic
Eunice fucata		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice gagzoi		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice goodei		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice grubei		Indo-West Pacific.
Eunice guanica		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice guildingi		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice harassii		Northeast Atlantic, Weste
Eunice hartmanae		Western Central Atlantic.
Eunice havaica		Eastern Central Pacific
Eunice hawaiensis		Eastern Pacific
Eunice hernandezi		Western Central Atlantic.
Eunice hirschi		Western Central Pacific
Eunice imogena		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice impexa		Western Central Pacific
Eunice indica		Indo-Pacific.
Eunice interrupta		Eastern Central Pacific
Eunice investigatoris		Western Indian Ocean
Eunice jagori		Western Central Pacific
Eunice kinbergi		Eastern Pacific
Eunice laticeps		Indo-West Pacific.
Eunice laurillardi		Mediterranean Sea.
Eunice limosa		Mediterranean Sea.
Eunice longicirrata		Eastern Pacific
Eunice longisetis	Long bristle eunice	Western Central Atlantic
Eunice lucei		Pacific Ocean.
Eunice macrobranchia		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice marenzelleri		Indo-West Pacific
Eunice marianae		Western Indian Ocean.
Eunice martensi		Western Central Pacific
Eunice medicina		Western Central Pacific
Eunice megabranchia		Eastern Pacific
Eunice mexicana		Eastern Pacific
Eunice mindanavensis		Western Central Pacific
Eunice miurai		Western Central Atlantic.
Eunice multipectinata		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice mutabilis		Western Indian Ocean
Eunice mutilata		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice mutilatoides		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice neocaledoniensis		Western Pacific.
Eunice nesiotes		Western Central Pacific
Eunice nicidioformis		Eastern Central Pacific
Eunice nigricans		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice norvegica		Eastern Pacific, Atlantic
Eunice notata		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice oerstedii		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Eunice orensanzi		Eastern Pacific
Eunice palauensis		Western Central Pacific.
Eunice pauroneurata		Eastern Pacific
Eunice pectinata		Western Indian Ocean
Eunice pellucida		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice pennata		Cosmopolitan. Tropical t
Eunice perimensis		Western Indian Ocean
Eunice perrieri		Western Indian Ocean
Eunice petersi		Indo-West Pacific
Eunice plessisi		Western Central Pacific
Eunice polybranchia		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice pruvoti		Western Central Pacific.
Eunice pulvinopalpata		Eastern Pacific
Eunice purpurea		Mediterranean Sea.
Eunice reducta		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice riojai		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice rosaurae		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice roussaei		Mediterranean Sea.
Eunice rousseaui		Atlantic Ocean
Eunice rubra		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice rubrovittata		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice rullieri		Western Indian Ocean
Eunice savignyi		Indo-West Pacific.
Eunice schemacephala		Indo-Pacific and Western
Eunice schizobranchia		Mediterranean Sea.
Eunice segregata		Eastern Pacific
Eunice semisegregata		Eastern Pacific
Eunice siciliensis		Circumtropical.	55 BL
Eunice sonorae		Eastern Pacific
Eunice stanleyi		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice stigmatura		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice tenuis		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice thomasiana		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice tibiana		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice torquata		Atlantic Ocean, Western I
Eunice tridentata		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice tubifex		Western Indian Ocean.
Eunice unidentata		Eastern Pacific
Eunice unifrons		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice valens	White-banded bobbit worm	Northeast Pacific
Eunice validobranchiata		Western Indian Ocean
Eunice violeceomaculata		Western Central Atlantic
Eunice viridis		Pacific Ocean.
Eunice vittata		Indo-Pacific, Western Cen
Eunice vittatopsis		Eastern Pacific
Eunice wasinensis		Western Indian Ocean
Eunice websteri		Western Central Atlantic
Euniphysa aculeata		Indo-West Pacific
Euniphysa auriculata		Western Central Atlantic
Euniphysa italica		Mediterranean Sea.
Euniphysa oculata		Northwest Pacific
Euniphysa spinea		Northwest Pacific
Heterophysa tridontesa		Northwest Pacific
Lysidice collaris	Polychaetes	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	9.5 BL
Lysidice ninetta		Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Paci
Lysidice robusta		Eastern Pacific
Lysidice tortugae		Western Central Atlantic
Lysidice trimera		Southeast Pacific
Lysidice unicornis		Indo-West Pacific.
Marphysa adenensis		Indo-West Pacific
Marphysa aenea		Pacific Ocean and Western
Marphysa amadae		Western Central Atlantic
Marphysa angelensis		Eastern Pacific
Marphysa aransensis		Western Central Atlantic
Marphysa banana		Western Central Pacific
Marphysa bellii		Pacific Ocean, Atlantic O
Marphysa bernardi		Western Central Pacific
Marphysa bifurcata		Western Central Pacific
Marphysa brevitentaculata		Western Central Atlantic
Marphysa capensis		Western Pacific
Marphysa conferta		Western Central Atlantic
Marphysa corallina		Indo-Pacific
Marphysa depressa		Indo-West Pacific.
Marphysa disjuncta		Pacific Ocean
Marphysa escobarae		Western Central Atlantic.
Marphysa fallax		Mediterranean Sea.
Marphysa furcellata		Eastern Pacific
Marphysa gemmata		Western Indian Ocean
Marphysa gravelyi		Indo-West Pacific
Marphysa hamata		Western Central Atlantic
Marphysa hongkongensa		Northwest Pacific
Marphysa iloiloensis		Western Central Pacific
Marphysa kinbergi		Northeast Atlantic, Weste
Marphysa languida		Western Central Atlantic
Marphysa longula		Western Central Atlantic
Marphysa macintoshi		Western Central Atlantic
Marphysa minima		Western Central Atlantic
Marphysa mixta		Eastern Pacific
Marphysa mortenseni		Western Central Atlantic
Marphysa papuaensis		Western Central Pacific
Marphysa posterobranchia		Western Central Atlantic
Marphysa regalis		Western Central Atlantic
Marphysa sanguinea	Red-gilled marphysa	Indo-West Pacific, Atlant
Marphysa schmardai		Eastern Pacific
Marphysa simplex		Western Central Atlantic
Marphysa striata		Eastern Pacific
Marphysa stylobranchiata		Eastern Pacific
Marphysa zanolae		Western Central Pacific
Nauphanta mossambica		Indo-West Pacific
Nematonereis hebes		Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc
Palola edentulum		Indo-Pacific
Palola paloloides		Eastern Pacific
Palola valida		Western Indian Ocean
Palolo siciliensis		Indo-Pacific, Western Atl
Paraeuniphysa falciseta		Northwest Pacific
Paraeuniphysa taiwanensis		Northwest Pacific
Paucibranchia stragulum		Indo-West Pacific

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