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Family: Polynoidae



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531 species (see list below)
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Acanthicolepis asperrima
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Acholoe astericola
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Admetella longipedata
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Adyte assimilis
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Alentia annamita
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Alentia gelatinosa
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Alentiana aurantiaca
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Alentis gelatinosa
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Allmaniella arafurensis
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Allmaniella ptycholepis
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Allmaniella setubalensis
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Andresia ampullifera
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Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic

Antarctinoe ferox(Baird, 1865)

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Antarctinoe ferox
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Antarctinoe spicoides
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Antinoana fusca
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Antinoe ascidiicola
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Antinoe epitoca
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Antinoe finmarchica
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Antinoe kermadecensis
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Antinoe lactea
[Milky scaleworm]
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Antinoe microps
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Antinoe parasitica
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Antinoe pulchellus
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Antinoe setobarba
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Antinoe unicrops
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Antinoella anoculata
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Antinoella badia
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Antinoella macrolepida
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Antipathipolyeunoa nuttingi
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Arcteobia anticostiensis
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Arcteobia spinelytris
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Arctonoe fragilis
[Fragile ruffled scaleworm]

Cowles, David

Eastern Pacific

Arctonoe pulchra(Johnson, 1897)

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Arctonoe pulchra
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Arctonoe tuberculata
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Cowles, David

Eastern Pacific and the A

Arctonoe vittata(Grube, 1855)

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Arctonoe vittata
[Red-banded commensal scaleworm]
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Arctonoella sinagawaensis
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Augenerilepidonotus dictyolepis
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Australaugeneria rutilans
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Austrolaenilla antarctica
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Austrolaenilla hastulifera
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Austrolaenilla lanellae
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Austrolaenilla mollis
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Austrolaenilla pelagica
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Austropolaria magnicirrata
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Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic.

Barrukia cristata(Willey, 1902)

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Barrukia cristata
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Bathyadmetella commando
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Bathybahamas charleneae
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Bathyfauvelia affinis
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Bathykermadeca hadalis
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Bathykermadeca turnerae
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Bathykurila guaymasensis
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Bathykurila guaymensis
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Bathypolaria kondrashovi
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Bayerpolynoe floridensis
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Benhamipolynoe antipathicola
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Benhamipolynoe cairnsi
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Bouchiria vesiculosa
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Branchinotogluma grasslei
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Branchinotogluma hessleri
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Branchinotogluma marianus
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Branchinotogluma nikkoensis
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Branchinotogluma ovata
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Branchinotogluma pettiboneae
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Branchinotogluma sagamiensis
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Branchinotogluma sandersi
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Branchinotogluma segonzaci
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Branchinotogluma trifurcus
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Branchinotogluma tunnicliffae
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Branchinotogluma tunnicliffeae
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Branchiopolynoe symmytilida
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Branchiotogluma bipapillata
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Branchiplicatus cupreus
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Branchipolynoe eliseae
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Branchipolynoe halliseyae
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Branchipolynoe kajsae
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Branchipolynoe meridae
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Branchipolynoe pettibonae
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Branchipolynoe seepensis
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Branchipolynoe symmytilida
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Branchipolynoe tjiasmantoi
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Bylgides elegans
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Bylgides groenlandicus
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Bylgides sarsi
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Cervilia japonica
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Chaetacanthus barbatus
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Chaetacanthus magnificus
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Chaetacanthus pomareae
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Dilepidonotus falklandicus
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Drieschella maculata
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Drieschia elegans
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Drieschia nans
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Drieschia pelagica
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Drieschia pellucida
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Enipo canadensis
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Enipo chuckchi
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Enipo gracilis
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Enipo kinbergi
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Enipo torelli
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Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic.

Eucranta mollis(Mcintosh, 1876)

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Eucranta mollis
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Eucranta villosa
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Eulagisca corrientis
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Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic

Eulagisca giganteaMonro, 1939

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Eulagisca gigantea
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Eulagisca panamensis
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Eunoe abyssorum
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Eunoe alvinella
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Eunoe anderssoni
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Eunoe assimilis
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Eunoe barbata
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Eunoe clarki
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Eunoe crassa
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Eunoe depressa
[Depressed scale worm]
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Eunoe etheridgei
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Eunoe eura
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Eunoe hispanica
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Eunoe hozawai
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Eunoe iphionoides
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Eunoe issunboushi
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Eunoe kerguelensis
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Eunoe kermadeca
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Eunoe macrophthalma
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Eunoe mammiloba
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Eunoe mindanavensis
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Eunoe nodosa
[Giant scale worm]
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Eunoe nodulosa
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Eunoe oerstedi
[Multi-pronged scaleworm]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic

Eunoe opalinaMcIntosh, 1885

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Eunoe opalina
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Eunoe pacifica
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Eunoe pallida
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Eunoe rhizoicola
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Eunoe senta
[Thorny scaleworm]
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Eunoe sentiformis
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Eunoe spinulosa
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Eunoe subtruncata
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Eunoe tritoni
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Eunoe tuerkayi
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Eunoe yedoensis
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Euphione chitoniformis
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Euphione elisabethae
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Euphione squamosa
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Euphione suluensis
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Euphionella patagonica
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Frennia dubia
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Frennia propinqua
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Gastrolepidia clavigera
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Gattyana amondseni
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Gattyana brunnea
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Gattyana ciliata
[Ciliated scale worm]
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Gattyana cirrhosa
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Gattyana deludens
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Gattyana iphionelloides
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Gattyana nutti
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Gattyana treadwelli
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Gorekia crassicirris
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Gorgoniapolynoe caeciliae
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Gorgoniapolynoe guadalupensis
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Gorgoniapolynoe pelagica
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Gorgoniapolynoe pseudocaeciliae
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Grubeopolynoe tuta
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Halosydna brevisetosa
[Short-scaled worm]
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Halosydna californica
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Halosydna elegans
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Halosydna fuscomarmorata
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Halosydna glabra
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Halosydna hartmanae
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Halosydna johnsoni
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Halosydna latior
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Halosydna leucohyba
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Halosydna parva
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Halosydna patagonica
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Halosydna pissisi
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Halosydna reticulata
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Halosydna samoensis
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Halosydna styliformia
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Halosydna tuberculifer
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Halosydnella australis
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Halosydnella brasiliensis
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Halosydnella elegans
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Halosydnella fusca
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Halosydnella fuscamaculata
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Halosydnella galapagensis
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Halosydnella grisea
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Halosydnella oculata
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Halosydnella punctulata
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Halosydnopsis pilosa
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Harmothoe acanellae
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Harmothoe aculeata
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Harmothoe aequespina
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Harmothoe aequiseta
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Harmothoe agulhana
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Harmothoe antarctica
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Harmothoe antilopes
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Harmothoe areolata
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Harmothoe asiatica
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Harmothoe aspera
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Harmothoe balboensis
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Harmothoe bellani
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Harmothoe benthaliana
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Harmothoe benthophila
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Harmothoe beringiana
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Harmothoe branchiata
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Harmothoe clavigera
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Harmothoe corralophila
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Harmothoe crassicirrata
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Harmothoe crosetensis
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Harmothoe crucis
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Harmothoe dearborni
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Harmothoe dictyophora
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Harmothoe elisabethae
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Harmothoe ernesti
[Scale worm]
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Harmothoe exanthema
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Harmothoe extenuata
[Yellow and brown scaleworm]
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Harmothoe forcipata
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Harmothoe fragilis
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Harmothoe fraserthomsoni
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Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic Atlantic.

Harmothoe fuligineum(Baird, 1865)

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Harmothoe fuligineum
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Harmothoe fullo
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Harmothoe fusca
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Harmothoe gilchristi
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Harmothoe glabra
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Harmothoe goreensis
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Harmothoe grisea
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Harmothoe haliaeti
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Harmothoe hirsuta
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Harmothoe hollisi
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Harvey-Clark, Chris

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc

Harmothoe imbricata(Linnaeus, 1769)

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Harmothoe imbricata
[Fifteen-scaled worm]
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Harmothoe impar
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Harmothoe johnstoni
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Harmothoe lagiscoides
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Harmothoe longisetis
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Harmothoe macginitiei
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Harmothoe macnabi
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Harmothoe magellanica
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Harmothoe maxillospinosa
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Harmothoe mexicana
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Harmothoe minuta
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Harmothoe multisetosa
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Harmothoe nodosa
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Harmothoe oerstedi
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Harmothoe pokoui
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Harmothoe priops
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Harmothoe profunda
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Harmothoe propinqua
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Harmothoe quadrituberculata
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Harmothoe rarispina
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Harmothoe saldanha
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Harmothoe scriptoria
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Harmothoe serrata
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Harmothoe spinifera
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Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic.

Harmothoe spinosaKinberg, 1855

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Harmothoe spinosa
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Harmothoe sylliformia
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