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Family: Sphaeromatidae (See list of species below)

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41 species in Pacific, Western Central with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Cassidias australiensis []	No picture found Cerceis pravipalma []	No picture found Cerceis pustulosa []
No picture found Chitonosphaera lata []	No picture found Cilicaea crassicaudata []	No picture found Cilicaea latreillei []
No picture found Cilicaeopsis whiteleggei []	No picture found Clianella brucei []	No picture found Cymodoce japonica []
No picture found Cymodoce longistylis []	No picture found Cymodoce multidens []	No picture found Cymodoce pelsarti []
No picture found Cymodoce tribullis []	No picture found Dynamenella liochroea []	No picture found Dynamenella ptychura []
No picture found Dynamenella trachydermata []	No picture found Dynamenopsis varicolor []	No picture found Dynoides amblysinus []
No picture found Dynoides harrisoni []	No picture found Dynoides viridis []	No picture found Exosphaeroma alveola []
No picture found Exosphaeroma parva []	No picture found Haswellia australiensis []	No picture found Haswellia longicollis []
No picture found Ischyromene kokotahi []	No picture found Ischyromene polytyla []	No picture found Lekanesphaera exosphaeroma []
No picture found Oxinasphaera multidens []	No picture found Oxinasphaera tripartita []	No picture found Paracassidina munna []
No picture found Paracerceis holdichi []	Paracerceis sculpta []	No picture found Paracilicaea asiatica []
No picture found Paradella dianae []	No picture found Paradella octaphymata []	No picture found Paraleptosphaeroma brucei []
No picture found Platysphaera membranata []	No picture found Sphaeroma quoyanum [Burrowing australian isopod]	No picture found Sphaeroma walkeri [Fouling isopod]
No picture found Zuzara curtispina []	No picture found Zuzara digitata []

41 Species of Family Sphaeromatidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Cassidias australiensis		Indo-West Pacific	0.43 TL
Cerceis pravipalma		Western Pacific
Cerceis pustulosa		Western Pacific
Chitonosphaera lata		Western Pacific
Cilicaea crassicaudata		Western Pacific
Cilicaea latreillei		Indo-West Pacific
Cilicaeopsis whiteleggei		Indo-West Pacific.
Clianella brucei		Western Pacific
Cymodoce japonica		Western Central Pacific
Cymodoce longistylis		Indo-West Pacific
Cymodoce multidens		Western Central Pacific
Cymodoce pelsarti		Indo-West Pacific
Cymodoce tribullis		Western Central Pacific
Dynamenella liochroea		Western Central Pacific	0.3 BL
Dynamenella ptychura		Western Central Pacific	2.72 BL
Dynamenella trachydermata		Indo-West Pacific	0.245 BL
Dynamenopsis varicolor		Western Pacific
Dynoides amblysinus		Indo-West Pacific.
Dynoides harrisoni		Western Pacific
Dynoides viridis		Western Central Pacific
Exosphaeroma alveola		Southwest Pacific	0.66 TL
Exosphaeroma parva		Eastern Indian Ocean.
Haswellia australiensis		Western Central Pacific
Haswellia longicollis		Western Central Pacific
Ischyromene kokotahi		Southwest Pacific
Ischyromene polytyla		Western Central Pacific
Lekanesphaera exosphaeroma		Western Central Pacific
Oxinasphaera multidens		Western Central Pacific
Oxinasphaera tripartita		Western Central Pacific
Paracassidina munna		Western Central Pacific
Paracerceis holdichi		Western Central Pacific
Paracerceis sculpta		Pacific Ocean.
Paracilicaea asiatica		Indo-West Pacific.
Paradella dianae		Northwest Pacific, Centra	0.488 BL
Paradella octaphymata		Western Central Pacific	3.4 BL
Paraleptosphaeroma brucei		Western Pacific
Platysphaera membranata		Western Central Pacific
Sphaeroma quoyanum	Burrowing australian isopod	Pacific. Tropical to sub
Sphaeroma walkeri	Fouling isopod	Indo-Pacific, Western Atl
Zuzara curtispina		Western Central Pacific
Zuzara digitata		Western Pacific

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