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Family: Pycnogonidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Pentapycnon bouvieri []	Pentapycnon charcoti []	No picture found Pentapycnon geayi []
No picture found Pentapycnon magnum []	No picture found Pycnogonum africanum []	No picture found Pycnogonum aleuticum []
No picture found Pycnogonum angulirostrum []	No picture found Pycnogonum anovigerum []	No picture found Pycnogonum arbustum []
No picture found Pycnogonum asiaticum []	No picture found Pycnogonum aurilineatum []	No picture found Pycnogonum buticulosum []
No picture found Pycnogonum calculum []	No picture found Pycnogonum callosum []	No picture found Pycnogonum carinatum []
No picture found Pycnogonum cataphractum []	No picture found Pycnogonum cessaci []	No picture found Pycnogonum clarki []
No picture found Pycnogonum cranaobyrsa []	No picture found Pycnogonum crassirostrum []	No picture found Pycnogonum crosnieri []
No picture found Pycnogonum daguilarensis []	No picture found Pycnogonum diceros []	No picture found Pycnogonum elephas []
No picture found Pycnogonum eltanin []	No picture found Pycnogonum forte []	No picture found Pycnogonum gaini []
No picture found Pycnogonum gibberum []	No picture found Pycnogonum gordonae []	No picture found Pycnogonum grumus []
No picture found Pycnogonum guyanae []	No picture found Pycnogonum hancocki []	No picture found Pycnogonum indicum []
Pycnogonum litorale [Anemone sea spider]	No picture found Pycnogonum lobipes []	No picture found Pycnogonum madagascariensis []
No picture found Pycnogonum magellanicum []	No picture found Pycnogonum magnirostrum []	No picture found Pycnogonum microps []
No picture found Pycnogonum minutum []	No picture found Pycnogonum moniliferum []	No picture found Pycnogonum moolenbeeki []
No picture found Pycnogonum mucronatum []	No picture found Pycnogonum musaicum []	No picture found Pycnogonum nodulosum []
No picture found Pycnogonum occa []	No picture found Pycnogonum ornans []	No picture found Pycnogonum pamphorum []
No picture found Pycnogonum panamum []	No picture found Pycnogonum paragaini []	No picture found Pycnogonum planum []
No picture found Pycnogonum platylophum []	No picture found Pycnogonum plumipes []	No picture found Pycnogonum portus []
No picture found Pycnogonum pusillum []	No picture found Pycnogonum pustulatum []	No picture found Pycnogonum reticulatum []
No picture found Pycnogonum rickettsi []	No picture found Pycnogonum sivertseni []	No picture found Pycnogonum stearnsi []
No picture found Pycnogonum stylidium []	No picture found Pycnogonum tenue []	No picture found Pycnogonum tesselatum []
No picture found Pycnogonum torresi []	No picture found Pycnogonum tuberculatum []	No picture found Pycnogonum tumulosum []
No picture found Pycnogonum uedai []	No picture found Pycnogonum ungellatum []

68 Species of Family Pycnogonidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Pentapycnon bouvieri		Antarctic Atlantic	8.5 LS
Pentapycnon charcoti		Antarctic
Pentapycnon geayi		Western Central Atlantic
Pentapycnon magnum		Antarctic Atlantic
Pycnogonum africanum		Western Indian Ocean
Pycnogonum aleuticum		Northern Pacific
Pycnogonum angulirostrum		Southeast Atlantic
Pycnogonum anovigerum		Southwest Peninsula
Pycnogonum arbustum		Eastern Central Atlantic
Pycnogonum asiaticum		Western Central Pacific
Pycnogonum aurilineatum		Indo-West Pacific
Pycnogonum buticulosum		Northwest Pacific
Pycnogonum calculum		Southwest Atlantic
Pycnogonum callosum		Northwest Pacific
Pycnogonum carinatum		Indo-West Pacific
Pycnogonum cataphractum		Western Indian Ocean
Pycnogonum cessaci		Western Central Atlantic
Pycnogonum clarki		Southwest Pacific
Pycnogonum cranaobyrsa		Northwest Pacific
Pycnogonum crassirostrum		Northeast Atlantic
Pycnogonum crosnieri		Indo-West Pacific
Pycnogonum daguilarensis		Northwest Pacific
Pycnogonum diceros		Antarctic Atlantic and Pa
Pycnogonum elephas		Southwest Atlantic
Pycnogonum eltanin		Antarctic Atlantic
Pycnogonum forte		Western Indian Ocean
Pycnogonum gaini		Antarctic.
Pycnogonum gibberum		Southwest Atlantic
Pycnogonum gordonae		Antarctic Pacific
Pycnogonum grumus		Western Central Pacific
Pycnogonum guyanae		Western Central Pacific
Pycnogonum hancocki		Southeast Pacific
Pycnogonum indicum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Pycnogonum litorale	Anemone sea spider	Northern Atlantic, Arctic
Pycnogonum lobipes		Indo-West Pacific
Pycnogonum madagascariensis		Western Indian Ocean
Pycnogonum magellanicum		Southwest Atlantic
Pycnogonum magnirostrum		Western and Antarctic Ind
Pycnogonum microps		Western Indian Ocean
Pycnogonum minutum		Eastern Central Atlantic
Pycnogonum moniliferum		Indo-West Pacific
Pycnogonum moolenbeeki		Indo-West Pacific
Pycnogonum mucronatum		Central Indo-West Pacific
Pycnogonum musaicum		Western Central Pacific
Pycnogonum nodulosum		Western Indian Ocean and
Pycnogonum occa		Indo-West Pacific
Pycnogonum ornans		Southwest Atlantic
Pycnogonum pamphorum		Southwest Atlantic
Pycnogonum panamum		Eastern Pacific
Pycnogonum paragaini		Southwest Atlantic
Pycnogonum planum		Southwest Pacific
Pycnogonum platylophum		Southwest Pacific and Ant
Pycnogonum plumipes		Mediterranean
Pycnogonum portus		Western Indian Ocean
Pycnogonum pusillum		Eastern Atlantic and Medi
Pycnogonum pustulatum		Western Central Pacific
Pycnogonum reticulatum		Western Central Atlantic
Pycnogonum rickettsi		Pacific Ocean
Pycnogonum sivertseni		Southern Atlantic
Pycnogonum stearnsi		Pacific Ocean
Pycnogonum stylidium		Northwest Pacific	1.28 TRKL
Pycnogonum tenue		Northwest Pacific
Pycnogonum tesselatum		Western Indian Ocean
Pycnogonum torresi		Western Central Pacific
Pycnogonum tuberculatum		Indo-West Pacific
Pycnogonum tumulosum		Central Indo-West Pacific
Pycnogonum uedai		Northwest Pacific
Pycnogonum ungellatum		Northwest Pacific	0.9 TRKL

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