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Family: Ceramiaceae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Acrothamnion preissii []	No picture found Aglaothamnion cordatum []	No picture found Aglaothamnion halliae []
No picture found Aglaothamnion hookeri []	No picture found Aglaothamnion roseum []	No picture found Aglaothamnion tenuissimum []
No picture found Anotrichium furcellatum []	No picture found Anotrichium secundum []	No picture found Anotrichium tenue []
No picture found Antithamnion antillanum []	No picture found Antithamnion cruciatum []	No picture found Antithamnion decipiens []
No picture found Antithamnion densum []	No picture found Antithamnion nipponicum []	No picture found Antithamnion veleroae []
No picture found Antithamnionella graeffei []	No picture found Antithamnionella spirographidis []	No picture found Antithamnionella ternifolia []
No picture found Balliella crouanioides []	No picture found Balliella pseudocorticata []	No picture found Callithamnion corymbosum []
No picture found Callithamnion ecuadoreanum []	No picture found Callithamnion epiphyticum []	No picture found Callithamnion granulatum []
No picture found Callithamnion paschale []	No picture found Callithamnion pikeanum [Beauty bush]	No picture found Callithamnion tetragonum []
No picture found Callithamnion tetricum []	No picture found Centroceras clavulatum []	No picture found Centroceras minutum []
No picture found Ceramium affine []	No picture found Ceramium botryocarpum []	No picture found Ceramium brevizonatum []
No picture found Ceramium brevizonatum var. caraibicum []	No picture found Ceramium californicum []	No picture found Ceramium ciliatum [Velvet ceramium]
No picture found Ceramium cimbricum []	No picture found Ceramium cingulatum []	No picture found Ceramium codicola [Staghorn felt]
No picture found Ceramium codii []	No picture found Ceramium corniculatum []	No picture found Ceramium cruciatum []
No picture found Ceramium deslongchampsii []	No picture found Ceramium diaphanum []	No picture found Ceramium dozei []
No picture found Ceramium echionotum []	No picture found Ceramium fimbriatum []	No picture found Ceramium floridanum []
No picture found Ceramium gaditanum []	No picture found Ceramium hoodii []	No picture found Ceramium howellii []
No picture found Ceramium involutum []	No picture found Ceramium luetzelburgii []	No picture found Ceramium macilentum []
No picture found Ceramium manorense []	No picture found Ceramium maryae []	No picture found Ceramium nitens []
No picture found Ceramium pacificum [Hairy pottery seaweed]	No picture found Ceramium penicillatum []	No picture found Ceramium prostratum []
No picture found Ceramium recissum []	No picture found Ceramium shuttleworthianum []	No picture found Ceramium siliquosum []
No picture found Ceramium skottsbergii []	No picture found Ceramium strictum var. strictum []	No picture found Ceramium subverticillatum []
No picture found Ceramium templetonii []	No picture found Ceramium tenuicorne []	No picture found Ceramium virgatum [Common ceramium]
No picture found Ceramium zacae []	No picture found Compsothamnion thuyoides []	No picture found Corallophila apiculata []
No picture found Corallophila bella []	No picture found Corallophila cinnabarina [Vermilion ceramium]	No picture found Corallophila huysmansii []
No picture found Corallophila kleiwegii []	No picture found Crouania attenuata []	No picture found Crouania minutissima []
No picture found Dasyphila plumarioides []	No picture found Dasyptilon harveyi []	No picture found Dasyptilon ptilota []
No picture found Euptilota articulata []	No picture found Euptilota fergusonii []	No picture found Gayliella flaccida []
No picture found Griffithsia antarctica []	No picture found Griffithsia devoniensis []	No picture found Griffithsia globulifera [Pink bead]
No picture found Griffithsia heteromorpha []	No picture found Griffithsia metcalfii []	No picture found Griffithsia monilis []
No picture found Griffithsia ovalis []	No picture found Griffithsia pacifica []	No picture found Haloplegma duperreyi []
No picture found Halurus equisetifolius [Sea mare's tail]	No picture found Halurus flosculosus []	No picture found Hollenbergia subulata []
No picture found Lejolisia exposita []	No picture found Microcladia borealis [Coarse sea lace]	No picture found Microcladia coulteri [Delicate sea lace]
No picture found Microthamnion kuetzingianum []	No picture found Monosporus pedicellatus []	No picture found Pleonosporium complanatum []
No picture found Pleonosporium vancouverianum []	No picture found Plumaria plumosa []	No picture found Plumariopsis eatonii []
No picture found Pterothamnion minutissimum []	No picture found Pterothamnion plumula []	No picture found Pterothamnion simile []
No picture found Ptilota gunneri []	No picture found Ptilota serrata [Red fern]	No picture found Ptilothamnion pluma []
No picture found Ptilothamnion subsimplex []	No picture found Reinboldiella schmitziana []	No picture found Seirospora occidentalis []
No picture found Spermothamnion investiens []	No picture found Spermothamnion repens []	No picture found Spongoclonium brownianum []
No picture found Spyridia filamentosa []	No picture found Spyridia velasquezii []	No picture found Wrangelia argus []
No picture found Wrangelia bicuspidata []	No picture found Wrangelia penicillata []

122 Species of Family Ceramiaceae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Acrothamnion preissii		Eastern Indian Ocean
Aglaothamnion cordatum		Western Indian Ocean
Aglaothamnion halliae		North Western Atlantic.
Aglaothamnion hookeri		Northeast Atlantic
Aglaothamnion roseum		Northeast Atlantic
Aglaothamnion tenuissimum		Northeast Atlantic
Anotrichium furcellatum		Northeast Atlantic
Anotrichium secundum		Western Central Pacific
Anotrichium tenue		Western Indian Ocean and
Antithamnion antillanum		Western Central Pacific
Antithamnion cruciatum		Western Indian Ocean and
Antithamnion decipiens		Southwest Pacific and Wes
Antithamnion densum		Northeast Atlantic
Antithamnion nipponicum		Southwest Pacific
Antithamnion veleroae		Southeast Pacific
Antithamnionella graeffei		Western Central Atlantic
Antithamnionella spirographidis		Mediterranean Sea
Antithamnionella ternifolia		Northeast Atlantic
Balliella crouanioides		Indian Ocean
Balliella pseudocorticata		Southwest Pacific
Callithamnion corymbosum		Northeast Atlantic
Callithamnion ecuadoreanum		Southeast Pacific
Callithamnion epiphyticum		Southeast Pacific
Callithamnion granulatum		Northeast Atlantic
Callithamnion paschale		Southeast Pacific
Callithamnion pikeanum	Beauty bush	Eastern Pacific
Callithamnion tetragonum		Northeast Atlantic
Callithamnion tetricum		Northeast Atlantic
Centroceras clavulatum		Indo-Pacific and Western
Centroceras minutum		Western Central Pacific
Ceramium affine		Western Central Pacific
Ceramium botryocarpum		Northeast Atlantic
Ceramium brevizonatum		Western Central Atlantic
Ceramium brevizonatum var. caraibicum		Western Central Atlantic
Ceramium californicum		Eastern Pacific
Ceramium ciliatum	Velvet ceramium	Mediterranean Sea.	10 TL
Ceramium cimbricum		Western Indian Ocean and
Ceramium cingulatum		Atlantic Ocean	0.2 TL
Ceramium codicola	Staghorn felt	Eastern Pacific
Ceramium codii		Indo-Pacific.
Ceramium corniculatum		Western Central Atlantic
Ceramium cruciatum		Indo-Pacific and Western
Ceramium deslongchampsii		Western Indian Ocean and
Ceramium diaphanum		Northeast Atlantic
Ceramium dozei		Southeast Pacific
Ceramium echionotum		Northeast Atlantic
Ceramium fimbriatum		Pacific Ocean
Ceramium floridanum		Western Indian Ocean
Ceramium gaditanum		Northeast Atlantic
Ceramium hoodii		Southeast Pacific
Ceramium howellii		Southeast Pacific
Ceramium involutum		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Ceramium luetzelburgii		Western Indian Ocean.
Ceramium macilentum		Western Central Pacific
Ceramium manorense		Western Indian Ocean
Ceramium maryae		Western Indian Ocean
Ceramium nitens		Western Central Atlantic
Ceramium pacificum	Hairy pottery seaweed	Eastern Pacific
Ceramium penicillatum		Northeast Atlantic
Ceramium prostratum		Eastern Central Pacific
Ceramium recissum		Northeast Atlantic
Ceramium shuttleworthianum		Northeast Atlantic
Ceramium siliquosum		Northeast Atlantic
Ceramium skottsbergii		Southeast Pacific
Ceramium strictum var. strictum		Northeast Atlantic
Ceramium subverticillatum		Western Indian Ocean.
Ceramium templetonii		Southeast Pacific
Ceramium tenuicorne		Western Central Pacific
Ceramium virgatum	Common ceramium	Southeast Pacific and the	6 TL
Ceramium zacae		Western Central Pacific
Compsothamnion thuyoides		Northeast Atlantic
Corallophila apiculata		Western Central Pacific
Corallophila bella		Western Indian Ocean
Corallophila cinnabarina	Vermilion ceramium	Mediterranean Sea.	5 TL
Corallophila huysmansii		Western Central Atlantic
Corallophila kleiwegii		Western Indian Ocean
Crouania attenuata		Indo-Pacific and Western
Crouania minutissima		Western Central Pacific
Dasyphila plumarioides		Western Central Pacific
Dasyptilon harveyi		Southeast Pacific
Dasyptilon ptilota		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Euptilota articulata		Indian Ocean	25 TL
Euptilota fergusonii		Indian Ocean	15 TL
Gayliella flaccida		Cosmopolitan.
Griffithsia antarctica		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Griffithsia devoniensis		Northeast Atlantic
Griffithsia globulifera	Pink bead	Western Indian Ocean and
Griffithsia heteromorpha		Western Central Atlantic
Griffithsia metcalfii		Eastern Indian Ocean
Griffithsia monilis		Southwest Pacific
Griffithsia ovalis		Western Central Pacific
Griffithsia pacifica		Eastern Pacific
Haloplegma duperreyi		Central Pacific and Weste
Halurus equisetifolius	Sea mare's tail	Northeast Atlantic
Halurus flosculosus		Northeast Atlantic
Hollenbergia subulata		Eastern Pacific
Lejolisia exposita		Western Central Atlantic
Microcladia borealis	Coarse sea lace	Eastern Pacific
Microcladia coulteri	Delicate sea lace	Eastern Pacific
Microthamnion kuetzingianum		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Monosporus pedicellatus		Northeast Atlantic
Pleonosporium complanatum		Southeast Pacific
Pleonosporium vancouverianum		Eastern Pacific
Plumaria plumosa		Northeast Atlantic
Plumariopsis eatonii		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Pterothamnion minutissimum		Southeast Pacific
Pterothamnion plumula		Northeast Atlantic
Pterothamnion simile		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Ptilota gunneri		Northeast Atlantic
Ptilota serrata	Red fern	Northwest Atlantic.
Ptilothamnion pluma		Southeast Pacific
Ptilothamnion subsimplex		Southeast Pacific
Reinboldiella schmitziana		Southeast Pacific
Seirospora occidentalis		Western Central Atlantic
Spermothamnion investiens		Western Central Atlantic
Spermothamnion repens		Northeast Atlantic
Spongoclonium brownianum		Indo-West Pacific
Spyridia filamentosa		Indo-West Pacific and Atl
Spyridia velasquezii		Western Central Pacific
Wrangelia argus		Western Central Atlantic
Wrangelia bicuspidata		Western Central Pacific
Wrangelia penicillata		Southwest Pacific and Wes

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