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Family: Nausithoidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Nausithoe albatrossi []	No picture found Nausithoe atlantica []	No picture found Nausithoe aurea []
No picture found Nausithoe challengeri []	No picture found Nausithoe clausi []	No picture found Nausithoe eumedusoides []
No picture found Nausithoe globifera []	No picture found Nausithoe hagenbecki []	No picture found Nausithoe limpida []
No picture found Nausithoe marginata []	No picture found Nausithoe picta []	No picture found Nausithoe planulophora []
No picture found Nausithoe punctata []	No picture found Nausithoe racemosa []	No picture found Nausithoe rubra []
No picture found Nausithoe simplex []	No picture found Nausithoe striata []	No picture found Nausithoe thieli []
No picture found Nausithoe werneri []	No picture found Palephyra antiqua []	No picture found Palephyra indica []
No picture found Palephyra pelagica []	No picture found Stephanoscyphistoma corniformis []	No picture found Stephanoscyphistoma simplex []

24 Species of Family Nausithoidae
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Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Nausithoe albatrossi	Eastern Pacific	4 WD
Nausithoe atlantica	Atlantic and Pacific.	2.8 WD
Nausithoe aurea	Southwest Atlantic
Nausithoe challengeri	Southeast Atlantic	1.2 WD
Nausithoe clausi	Western Central Pacific	0.9 WD
Nausithoe eumedusoides	Mediterranean.
Nausithoe globifera	Eastern Atlantic	2.2 WD
Nausithoe hagenbecki	Northeast Atlantic
Nausithoe limpida	Northeast Atlantic	1.6 WD
Nausithoe marginata	Eastern Atlantic and the	2 WD
Nausithoe picta	Western Central Pacific.	2.2 WD
Nausithoe planulophora	Mediterranean.
Nausithoe punctata	Circumglobal.	1.5 WD
Nausithoe racemosa	Western Central Pacific
Nausithoe rubra	Eastern Pacific, Atlantic	1.5 WD
Nausithoe simplex	Antarctic Indian Ocean
Nausithoe striata	Antarctic Indian Ocean
Nausithoe thieli	Mediterranean and Western
Nausithoe werneri	Arctic and Northeast Atla	1.2 WD
Palephyra antiqua	Indo-West Pacific	2 WD
Palephyra indica	Western Pacific	1.6 WD
Palephyra pelagica	Northwest Pacific	1.2 WD
Stephanoscyphistoma corniformis	Southwest Atlantic
Stephanoscyphistoma simplex	Southwest Atlantic

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