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Family: Virgulariidae (See list of species below)

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19 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Acanthoptilum agassizi []	No picture found Acanthoptilum album []	No picture found Acanthoptilum annulatum []
No picture found Acanthoptilum gracile [White sea pen]	No picture found Acanthoptilum oligacis []	No picture found Acanthoptilum pourtalesii []
No picture found Acanthoptilum scalpelifolium []	Scytalium martensii []	No picture found Stylatula antillarum []
No picture found Stylatula elegans []	No picture found Stylatula elongata [Slender sea pen]	No picture found Stylatula gracilis [Delicate sea pen]
No picture found Virgularia agassizi []	No picture found Virgularia galapagensis []	Virgularia gustaviana [Short-quill sea pen]
No picture found Virgularia juncea []	Virgularia mirabilis [Elegant sea pen]	No picture found Virgularia presbytes []
No picture found Virgularia reinwardti []

19 Species of Family Virgulariidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Acanthoptilum agassizi		Western Atlantic
Acanthoptilum album		Eastern Pacific
Acanthoptilum annulatum		Eastern Pacific
Acanthoptilum gracile	White sea pen	Eastern Pacific
Acanthoptilum oligacis		Western Atlantic
Acanthoptilum pourtalesii		Western Central Atlantic
Acanthoptilum scalpelifolium		Eastern Pacific
Scytalium martensii		Indo-West Pacific
Stylatula antillarum		Western Atlantic
Stylatula elegans		Western Atlantic
Stylatula elongata	Slender sea pen	Eastern Pacific	60 H
Stylatula gracilis	Delicate sea pen	Eastern Pacific
Virgularia agassizi		Eastern Pacific
Virgularia galapagensis		Southeast Pacific
Virgularia gustaviana	Short-quill sea pen	Indo-West Pacific.
Virgularia juncea		Western Central Pacific
Virgularia mirabilis	Elegant sea pen	Arctic, Atlantic and the
Virgularia presbytes		Western Atlantic
Virgularia reinwardti		Eastern Pacific

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