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Family: Molgulidae (See list of species below)

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65 species in Atlantic, Northeast with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Anomopera ingolfiana []	No picture found Asajirus arcticus []	No picture found Asajirus eunuchus []
No picture found Asajirus indicus []	No picture found Asajirus ledanoisi []	No picture found Eugyra adriatica []
No picture found Eugyra arenosa []	No picture found Eugyra connectens []	No picture found Eugyra glutinans []
No picture found Eugyra islandica []	No picture found Eugyra pedunculata []	No picture found Eugyrioides borealis []
No picture found Eugyrioides glutinans []	No picture found Gamaster dakarensis []	No picture found Hexacrobylus arcticus []
No picture found Minipera papillosa []	No picture found Minipera pedunculata []	No picture found Molgula amesophleba []
No picture found Molgula appendiculata []	No picture found Molgula bleizi []	No picture found Molgula caminae []
No picture found Molgula celtica []	Molgula citrina [Sea grape]	No picture found Molgula complanata []
No picture found Molgula crustosa []	No picture found Molgula dextrocarpa []	No picture found Molgula echinosiphonica []
No picture found Molgula euprocta []	No picture found Molgula griffithsii []	No picture found Molgula helleri []
No picture found Molgula herdmani []	No picture found Molgula hirta []	No picture found Molgula impura []
No picture found Molgula kiaeri []	No picture found Molgula kolaensis []	No picture found Molgula manhattensis [Common sea grape]
No picture found Molgula mira []	No picture found Molgula occidentalis []	No picture found Molgula occulta []
No picture found Molgula oculata []	No picture found Molgula plana []	No picture found Molgula platybranchia []
No picture found Molgula pumila []	No picture found Molgula retortiformis [Sea clod]	No picture found Molgula rheophila []
No picture found Molgula roemeri []	No picture found Molgula roulei []	No picture found Molgula satyrus []
No picture found Molgula simplex []	No picture found Molgula siphonalis []	No picture found Molgula siphonata []
No picture found Molgula socialis []	No picture found Molgula solenata []	No picture found Molgula tethys []
No picture found Molgula tubifera []	No picture found Molgula vara []	No picture found Molguloides crenatum []
No picture found Oligotrema lyra []	No picture found Oligotrema sandersi []	No picture found Oligotrema unigonas []
No picture found Pareugyrioides chardyi []	No picture found Pareugyrioides galatheae []	No picture found Protomolgula bythia []
No picture found Protomolgula triangularis []	No picture found Rhizomolgula globularis []

65 Species of Family Molgulidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Anomopera ingolfiana		Northeast Atlantic.
Asajirus arcticus		Northeast Atlantic
Asajirus eunuchus		Atlantic Ocean.
Asajirus indicus		Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Paci
Asajirus ledanoisi		Northern Atlantic
Eugyra adriatica		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Eugyra arenosa		Atlantic and the Mediterr	2 WD
Eugyra connectens		Northeast Atlantic
Eugyra glutinans		Arctic, Eastern Pacific a
Eugyra islandica		Northeast Atlantic
Eugyra pedunculata		Arctic and Northeast Atla
Eugyrioides borealis		Eastern Atlantic
Eugyrioides glutinans		Northeast Atlantic, Pacif
Gamaster dakarensis		Eastern Atlantic
Hexacrobylus arcticus		Northeast Atlantic
Minipera papillosa		Circumglobal.
Minipera pedunculata		Atlantic Ocean	0.005 WD
Molgula amesophleba		Northeast Atlantic and th
Molgula appendiculata		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Molgula bleizi		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Molgula caminae		Northeast Atlantic
Molgula celtica		Northeast Atlantic
Molgula citrina	Sea grape	Northern Atlantic and the	1.8 WD
Molgula complanata		Atlantic and the Arctic.	1.5 H
Molgula crustosa		Northeast Atlantic
Molgula dextrocarpa		Northern Atlantic.
Molgula echinosiphonica		Northeast Atlantic
Molgula euprocta		Northeast Atlantic and th
Molgula griffithsii		Northern Atlantic, Northe
Molgula helleri		Eastern Atlantic and the
Molgula herdmani		Southwest Pacific and Nor
Molgula hirta		Northeast Atlantic
Molgula impura		Northeast Atlantic and th
Molgula kiaeri		Northeast Atlantic
Molgula kolaensis		Northeast Atlantic
Molgula manhattensis	Common sea grape	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	4 WD
Molgula mira		Northeast Atlantic
Molgula occidentalis		Cosmopolitan.	3 TL
Molgula occulta		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Molgula oculata		Atlantic and the Mediterr	8 WD
Molgula plana		Northeast Atlantic
Molgula platybranchia		Atlantic Ocean.	1.2 TL
Molgula pumila		Northeast Atlantic and th
Molgula retortiformis	Sea clod	Arctic, Northern Pacific	10 TL
Molgula rheophila		Northeast Atlantic and th
Molgula roemeri		Northeast Atlantic
Molgula roulei		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Molgula satyrus		Eastern Atlantic.	0.75 TL
Molgula simplex		Northeast Atlantic
Molgula siphonalis		Northern Atlantic, Northe
Molgula siphonata		Northeast Atlantic
Molgula socialis		Atlantic, Antarctic and t
Molgula solenata		Northeast Atlantic
Molgula tethys		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Molgula tubifera		Northeast Atlantic
Molgula vara		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Molguloides crenatum		Northern Atlantic and Ind
Oligotrema lyra		Indo-West Pacific and Atl	1.6 TL
Oligotrema sandersi		Atlantic Ocean
Oligotrema unigonas		Indo-West Pacific and Atl
Pareugyrioides chardyi		Eastern Atlantic	0.5 TL
Pareugyrioides galatheae		Antarctic Atlantic and In
Protomolgula bythia		Atlantic Ocean
Protomolgula triangularis		Northeast Atlantic
Rhizomolgula globularis		Arctic, Northern Pacific

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