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Family: Cestidae Venus' girdles



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Photo by Patrão de Oliveira, Otto Müller

Cosmopolitan. Warm tempe
Max. Length 150 cm TL
Cestum veneris Lesueur, 1813

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Cestum veneris
[Venus girdle]
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Max. Length 90 cm TL

 
Velamen parallelum
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Cestum veneris Venus girdle Cosmopolitan. Warm tempe 150 TL 1813
Velamen parallelum Cosmopolitan. 90 TL 1869



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