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Family: Agelasidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Agelas cerebrum []	No picture found Agelas cervicornis []	No picture found Agelas ceylonica []
No picture found Agelas citrina []	No picture found Agelas clathrodes [Orange elephant ear sponge]	No picture found Agelas conifera [Brown tube sponge]
No picture found Agelas dendromorpha []	No picture found Agelas dilatata []	No picture found Agelas dispar []
No picture found Agelas mauritiana []	No picture found Agelas nakamurai []	No picture found Agelas novaecaledoniae []
No picture found Agelas oroides []	No picture found Agelas robusta []	No picture found Agelas sceptrum []
No picture found Agelas schmidti [Common brown tube sponge]	No picture found Agelas sventres []	No picture found Agelas tubulata []
No picture found Agelas wiedenmayeri []

19 Species of Family Agelasidae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Agelas cerebrum		Western Central Atlantic
Agelas cervicornis		Caribbean Sea.
Agelas ceylonica		Indo-West Pacific
Agelas citrina		Caribbean
Agelas clathrodes	Orange elephant ear sponge	Western Atlantic and West	10 OT
Agelas conifera	Brown tube sponge	Western Central Atlantic.	50 TL
Agelas dendromorpha		Western Central Pacific.
Agelas dilatata		Western Central Atlantic
Agelas dispar		Western Atlantic.	30 WD
Agelas mauritiana		Indo-West Pacific.
Agelas nakamurai		Western Central Pacific
Agelas novaecaledoniae		Western Central Pacific
Agelas oroides		Endemic to the Mediterran
Agelas robusta		Northwest Pacific
Agelas sceptrum		Caribbean.
Agelas schmidti	Common brown tube sponge	Western Central Atlantic
Agelas sventres		Caribbean.
Agelas tubulata		Western Central Atlantic
Agelas wiedenmayeri		Western Central Atlantic

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