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Family: Enchytraeidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Achaeta littoralis []	No picture found Cernosvitoviella immota []	No picture found Cognettia glandulosa []
No picture found Cognettia sphagnetorum []	No picture found Enchytraeus albidus [White potworm]	No picture found Enchytraeus kincaidi []
No picture found Enchytraeus metlakatlensis []	No picture found Enchytraeus multiannulatoides []	No picture found Enchytraeus multiannulatus []
No picture found Enchytraeus rupus []	No picture found Fridericia bulbosa []	No picture found Grania hongkongensis []
No picture found Grania incerta []	No picture found Grania inermis []	No picture found Grania lasserrei []
No picture found Grania maricola []	No picture found Grania monochaeta []	No picture found Grania ovitheca []
No picture found Grania paucispina []	No picture found Grania postclitellochaeta []	No picture found Grania stilifera []
No picture found Grania variochaeta []	No picture found Lumbricillus annulatus []	No picture found Lumbricillus arenarius []
No picture found Lumbricillus belli []	No picture found Lumbricillus curtus []	No picture found Lumbricillus eiseni []
No picture found Lumbricillus franciscanus []	No picture found Lumbricillus helgolandicus []	No picture found Lumbricillus lineatus []
No picture found Lumbricillus merriami []	No picture found Lumbricillus mirabilis []	No picture found Lumbricillus pagenstecheri []
No picture found Lumbricillus qualicumensis []	No picture found Lumbricillus rupertensis []	No picture found Lumbricillus semifuscus []
No picture found Lumbricillus tsimpseanis []	No picture found Lumbricillus tuba []	No picture found Marionina alaskae []
No picture found Marionina appendiculata []	No picture found Marionina charlottensis []	No picture found Marionina coatesae []
No picture found Marionina georgiana []	No picture found Marionina levitheca []	No picture found Marionina neroutsensis []
No picture found Marionina nevisensis []	No picture found Marionina sjaelandica []	No picture found Marionina spicula []
No picture found Marionina subterranea []	No picture found Marionina vancouverensis []	No picture found Propappus glandulosus []
No picture found Stephensoniella marina []	No picture found Stephensoniella sterreri []	No picture found Stephensoniella trevori []

54 Species of Family Enchytraeidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Achaeta littoralis		Northeast Atlantic
Cernosvitoviella immota		Northeast Atlantic
Cognettia glandulosa		Northeast Atlantic
Cognettia sphagnetorum		Northeast Atlantic
Enchytraeus albidus	White potworm	North Atlantic, Southeast
Enchytraeus kincaidi		Northeast Pacific
Enchytraeus metlakatlensis		Eastern Pacific
Enchytraeus multiannulatoides		Eastern Pacific
Enchytraeus multiannulatus		Northeast Pacific
Enchytraeus rupus		Northeast Pacific
Fridericia bulbosa		Northeast Atlantic
Grania hongkongensis		Northwest Pacific
Grania incerta		Northeast Pacific
Grania inermis		Northwest Pacific
Grania lasserrei		Antarctic Atlantic
Grania maricola		Northeast Pacific
Grania monochaeta		Antarctic Atlantic
Grania ovitheca		Northeast Atlantic
Grania paucispina		Northeast Pacific
Grania postclitellochaeta		Northeast Atlantic
Grania stilifera		Northwest Pacific
Grania variochaeta		Northeast Atlantic
Lumbricillus annulatus		Northeast Pacific
Lumbricillus arenarius		Arctic and Northern Atlan
Lumbricillus belli		Northeast Pacific
Lumbricillus curtus		Northeast Pacific
Lumbricillus eiseni		Northeast Pacific
Lumbricillus franciscanus		Northeast Pacific
Lumbricillus helgolandicus		Northeast Atlantic
Lumbricillus lineatus		Arctic, Northeast Pacific
Lumbricillus merriami		Northeast Pacific
Lumbricillus mirabilis		Northeast Pacific
Lumbricillus pagenstecheri		Northeast Pacific
Lumbricillus qualicumensis		Northeast Pacific
Lumbricillus rupertensis		Northeast Pacific
Lumbricillus semifuscus		Northeast Atlantic
Lumbricillus tsimpseanis		Northeast Pacific
Lumbricillus tuba		Northeast Pacific and Nor
Marionina alaskae		Northeast Pacific
Marionina appendiculata		Northeast Pacific and Nor
Marionina charlottensis		Northeast Pacific
Marionina coatesae		Northwest Pacific
Marionina georgiana		Northeast Pacific
Marionina levitheca		Northwest Pacific
Marionina neroutsensis		Northeast Pacific
Marionina nevisensis		Indo-Pacific and Atlantic
Marionina sjaelandica		Northeast Pacific and Nor
Marionina spicula		Northeast Atlantic
Marionina subterranea		Eastern Pacific, Western
Marionina vancouverensis		Northern Pacific	0.28 TL
Propappus glandulosus		Europe
Stephensoniella marina		Indo-West Pacific and Wes	1.21 TL
Stephensoniella sterreri		Northwest Pacific and Wes
Stephensoniella trevori		Northeast Pacific

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