Species Identification
Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Hesionidae



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116 species
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Amphiduropsis axialensis
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Amphiduros fuscescens
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Bonuania parva
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Dalhousiella carpenteri
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Dalhousiella hesionides
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Dalhousiella longisetis
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Dalhousiella longocirrata
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Gyptis arenicola
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Gyptis brevipalpa
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Gyptis brunnea
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Gyptis crpta
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Gyptis fasciata
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Gyptis helgolandica
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Gyptis incompta
[Sunflower worm]
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Gyptis lobatus
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Gyptis mediterranea
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Gyptis ophiocomae
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Gyptis pacificus
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Gyptis plurisetis
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Gyptis propinqua
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Giourgis, Hector

Northeast Atlantic

Gyptis roseaunspecified

Photo by Giourgis, Hector
 
Gyptis rosea
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Gyptis vittata
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Hesiocaeca bermudensis
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Hesiocaeca methanicola
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Hesiodeiria glabra
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Hesiolyra bergi
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Hesione genetta
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Hesione intertexta
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Hesione pantherina
[Leopard worm]
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Hesione picta
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Hesione protochona
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Hesione splendida
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Hesione steenstrupii
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Hesionella mcculochae
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Hesionides arenaria
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Hesionides gohari
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Hesionides maxima
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Hesionides unilamellata
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Hesiospina aurantiaca
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Hesiospina similis
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Hesiospina vestimentifera
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Heteropodarke formalis
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Heteropodarke heteromorpha
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Heteropodarke lyonsi
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Kefersteinia fauveli
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Kefersteinia haplosetosa
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Leocrates atlanticus
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Leocrates auritus
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Leocrates chinensis
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Leocrates claparedii
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Leocrates diplognathus
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Leocrates giardi
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Leocrates wesenberglundae
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Leocratides ehlersi
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Leocratides filamentosus
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Microphtalmus arenarius
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Microphtalmus bermudensis
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Microphtalmus hamosus
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Microphtalmus hartmanae
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Microphtalmus stocki
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Microphthalmus aberrans
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Microphthalmus bifurcatus
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Microphthalmus ephippiophorus
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Microphthalmus fragilis
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Microphthalmus indefatigatus
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Microphthalmus listensis
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Microphthalmus pettiboneae
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Microphthalmus pseudoaberrans
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Microphthalmus riojai
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Microphthalmus sczelkowii
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Microphthalmus similis
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Microphthalmus southerni
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Microphthalmus tyrrhenicus
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Microphthalmus urofimbriata
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Micropodarke dubia
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Neopodarke woodsholea
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Nereimyra alvinae
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Nereimyra aphroditoides
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Nereimyra multipapillata
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Nereimyra punctata
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Ophiodromus agilis
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Ophiodromus berrisfordi
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Ophiodromus flexuosus
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Max. Length 2.1 cm BL

 
Ophiodromus notospinosus
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Ophiodromus obscurus
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Ophiodromus pallidus
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Ophiodromus pelagicus
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Ophiodromus pugettensis
[Bat star commensal worm]
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Ophiodromus tigrinus
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Orseis brevis
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Orseis frimbriata
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Orseis grasslei
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Orseis lagunae
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Orseis mathai
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Oxydromus angustifrons
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Oxydromus latifrons
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Parahesione bruneli
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Parahesione luteola
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Parhesione luteola
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Podarke caeca
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Podarke latifrons
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Podarke minuta
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Podarke obscura
[Swift-footed worm]
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Podarkeopsis arenicolus
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Podarkeopsis capensis
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Podarkeopsis galangaui
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Podarkeopsis glabrus
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Podarkeopsis guadalupensis
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Podarkeopsis helgolandica
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Podarkeopsis levifuscina
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Podarkeopsis perkinsi
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Sinohesione genitaliphora
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Sirsoe grasslei
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Syllidia armata
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Syllidia inermis
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Syllidia liniata
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