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Total number of spines in dorsal and anal fins (optional)
63 species in Indian Ocean, Western with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)
Scientific Name
English Name
Distribution
Max. Length (cm)
Anomalorbis manuatus
Western Indian Ocean
Crucigera tricornis
Western Indian Ocean
Ditrupa arietina
Horn-tusk
Indo-West Pacific, Northe
Ditrupa gracillima
Indo-West Pacific.
Eulaeospira orientalis
Indian Ocean
Filograna implexa
Filigreed coral-worm
Indo-Pacific, Northeast A
Filogranella elatensis
Segmented worm
Western Indian Ocean
Galeolaria caespitosa
Indo-West Pacific
Hyalopomatus cancerum
Western Indian Ocean
Hydroides albiceps
Indo-Pacific and the Medi
Hydroides bulbosus
Western Indian Ocean
Hydroides dipoma
Southeast Atlantic and We
Hydroides diramphus
Circumglobal. Tropical a
Hydroides elegans
Calcareous tube worm
Circumglobal.
Hydroides exaltata
Indo-Pacific.
Hydroides exaltatus
Indo-West Pacific.
Hydroides heterocerus
Indo-West Pacific, Northe
Hydroides homoceros
Northeast Atlantic, Weste
Hydroides minax
Indo-West Pacific, Northe
Hydroides norvegicus
Indo-Pacific, Northeast A
Hydroides operculata
Indo-West Pacific, Northe
Hydroides perezi
Western Indian Ocean
Hydroides steinitzi
Western Indian Ocean, Nor
Janita fimbriata
Western Indian Ocean and
Janua brasiliensis
Circumglobal.
Janua foraminosa
Indo-West Pacific
Janua kayi
Western Indian Ocean
Janua pagenstecheri
Cosmopolitan.
Janua preacuta
Western Indian Ocean
Janua steueri
Indo-West Pacific
Josephella marenzelleri
Western Indian Ocean, Atl
Leodora laevis
Western Indian Ocean, Nor
Neodexiospira foraminosa
Indo-West Pacific and Wes
Neodexiospira pseudocorrugata
Indo-West Pacific, Northe
Pileolaria militaris
Indo-West Pacific and the
Pileolaria pseudoclavus
Western Indian Ocean
Placostegus tridentatus
Western Indian Ocean, Nor
Pomatoceros caeruleus
Indo-Pacific and Western
Pomatoceros triqueter
Keelworm
Western Indian Ocean, Atl
Pomatostegus stellatus
Star horseshoe worm
Indo-Pacific and Western
Protula bispiralis
Red fanworm
Indo-West Pacific.
Protula palliata
Indian Ocean
Protula soofita
Western Indian Ocean
Protula tubularia
Red-spotted horseshoe
Arctic, Indo-West Pacific
Semivermilia pomatostegoides
Western Indian Ocean and
Serpula concharum
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc
Serpula jukesii
Indo-West Pacific.
Serpula lobiancoi
Northeast Atlantic, West
Serpula vermicularis
Serpulid worm
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc
10 TL
Spirobranchus corniculatus
Indo-West Pacific
Spirobranchus cruciger
Western Indian Ocean
Spirobranchus gardineri
Western Indian Ocean
Spirobranchus giganteus
Christmas tree worm
Circumtropical.
20 DL
Spirobranchus kraussii
Large hydroid worm
Indo-West Pacific, Southe
Spirobranchus latiscapus
Indo-West Pacific.
Spirobranchus lima
Western Indian Ocean, Nor
Spirobranchus polytrema
Indo-West Pacific, Northe
Spirobranchus tetraceros
Indo-Pacific, Western Cen
Spirorbis africana
Western Indian Ocean
Spirorbis indica
Western Indian Ocean
Tanturia zibrowii
Western Indian Ocean
Vermiliopsis pygidialis
Indo-West Pacific
Vinearia koehleri
Indo-West Pacific, Wester