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Family: Darwinellidae (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 Aplysilla glacialis [Keratose sponge]	No picture found Aplysilla rosea []	No picture found Aplysilla sulfurea []
No picture found Chelonaplysilla aurea []	No picture found Chelonaplysilla delicata []	No picture found Chelonaplysilla erecta []
No picture found Chelonaplysilla noevus []	No picture found Chelonaplysilla violacea []	No picture found Darwinella australiensis []
No picture found Darwinella gardineri []	No picture found Darwinella rosacea []	No picture found Dendrilla antarctica []
No picture found Dendrilla cactos []	No picture found Dendrilla camera []	No picture found Dendrilla lacunosa []
No picture found Dendrilla lendenfeldi []	No picture found Dendrilla membranosa []	No picture found Dendrilla mertoni []
No picture found Dendrilla rosea [Rose sponge]

19 Species of Family Darwinellidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Aplysilla glacialis	Keratose sponge	Atlantic Ocean and the Ar
Aplysilla rosea		Eastern Central Pacific,
Aplysilla sulfurea		Cosmopolitan.
Chelonaplysilla aurea		Western Central Pacific
Chelonaplysilla delicata		Pacific Ocean.
Chelonaplysilla erecta		Indo-West Pacific, Wester	1 OT
Chelonaplysilla noevus		Western Central Pacific
Chelonaplysilla violacea		Indo-Pacific.
Darwinella australiensis		Indo-West Pacific
Darwinella gardineri		Eastern Central Pacific
Darwinella rosacea		Western Central Atlantic
Dendrilla antarctica		Antarctic
Dendrilla cactos		Eastern Central Pacific
Dendrilla camera		Western Central Atlantic
Dendrilla lacunosa		Western Central Pacific
Dendrilla lendenfeldi		Western Central Pacific
Dendrilla membranosa		Antarctica.
Dendrilla mertoni		Western Central Pacific
Dendrilla rosea	Rose sponge	Indo-West Pacific

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