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Family: Dysideidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Citronia vasiformis []	No picture found Dysidea arenaria []	Dysidea avara [Acquisitive sponge]
No picture found Dysidea cinerea []	No picture found Dysidea elastica []	No picture found Dysidea etheria [Ethereal sponge]
No picture found Dysidea fragilis [Brittle horny sponge]	No picture found Dysidea frondosa []	No picture found Dysidea granulosa []
No picture found Dysidea janiae []	No picture found Dysidea nigrescens []	No picture found Dysidea pallescens []
No picture found Dysidea ramoglomerata []	No picture found Dysidea variabilis []	No picture found Euryspongia delicatula []
No picture found Euryspongia lobata []	No picture found Euryspongia rosea []	No picture found Lamellodysidea chlorea []
No picture found Lamellodysidea herbacea []	No picture found Pleraplysilla hyalina []	No picture found Pleraplysilla minchini []

21 Species of Family Dysideidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Citronia vasiformis		Western Central Pacific
Dysidea arenaria		Pacific Ocean.
Dysidea avara	Acquisitive sponge	Eastern Central Pacific a
Dysidea cinerea		Western Pacific
Dysidea elastica		Western Central Pacific
Dysidea etheria	Ethereal sponge	Western Central Atlantic.	0.1 H
Dysidea fragilis	Brittle horny sponge	Worldwide.
Dysidea frondosa		Central Pacific
Dysidea granulosa		Western Central Pacific
Dysidea janiae		Western Central Atlantic.
Dysidea nigrescens		Western Central Pacific.
Dysidea pallescens		Western Central Pacific
Dysidea ramoglomerata		Indo-West Pacific
Dysidea variabilis		Atlantic Ocean and the Me
Euryspongia delicatula		Central Pacific
Euryspongia lobata		Western Central Pacific
Euryspongia rosea		Western Central Atlantic
Lamellodysidea chlorea		Indo-Pacific.
Lamellodysidea herbacea		Indo-Pacific.
Pleraplysilla hyalina		Eastern Central Pacific
Pleraplysilla minchini		Northeast Atlantic

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