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Family: Laodiceidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Krampella dubia []	No picture found Laodicea brevigona []	No picture found Laodicea chapmani []
No picture found Laodicea ecope []	No picture found Laodicea fertilis []	No picture found Laodicea fijiana []
No picture found Laodicea indica []	No picture found Laodicea marama []	No picture found Laodicea minuscula []
No picture found Laodicea neptuna []	No picture found Laodicea ocellata []	No picture found Laodicea pulchra []
No picture found Laodicea undulata []	No picture found Melicertissa adriatica []	No picture found Melicertissa antrichardsoni []
No picture found Melicertissa clavigera []	No picture found Melicertissa mayeri []	No picture found Melicertissa platygaster []
No picture found Orchistoma agariciforme []	No picture found Orchistoma pileus []	No picture found Ptychogena antarctica []
No picture found Ptychogena aurea []	No picture found Ptychogena californica []	No picture found Ptychogena crocea []
No picture found Ptychogena hyperborea []	No picture found Ptychogena lactea []	No picture found Staurostoma mertensii [Whitecross jellyfish]
No picture found Toxorchis arcuatus []	No picture found Toxorchis kellneri []	No picture found Toxorchis milleri []
No picture found Toxorchis polynema []	No picture found Toxorchis thalassinus []

32 Species of Family Laodiceidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Krampella dubia		Northeast Atlantic and th	0.3 WD
Laodicea brevigona		Western Atlantic
Laodicea chapmani		Northeast Atlantic	0.5 WD
Laodicea ecope		Eastern Central Pacific
Laodicea fertilis		Southwest Pacific	0.2 WD
Laodicea fijiana		Western Central Pacific	2 WD
Laodicea indica		Eastern Indian Ocean	2 WD
Laodicea marama		Western Central Pacific
Laodicea minuscula		Southwest Atlantic	0.1 WD
Laodicea neptuna		Atlantic Ocean and the Me	0.25 WD
Laodicea ocellata		Mediterranean.	0.35 WD
Laodicea pulchra		Sub-Antarctic and Antarct	2.5 WD
Laodicea undulata		Atlantic Ocean.	3.7 WD
Melicertissa adriatica		Mediterranean.	4.6 WD
Melicertissa antrichardsoni		Western Central Pacific
Melicertissa clavigera		Eastern Indian Ocean and	1 WD
Melicertissa mayeri		Western Atlantic	0.7 WD
Melicertissa platygaster		Eastern Indian Ocean	0.7 WD
Orchistoma agariciforme		Mediterranean
Orchistoma pileus		Western Atlantic	4 WD
Ptychogena antarctica		Antarctic	10 WD
Ptychogena aurea		Antarctic Pacific	1.25 WD
Ptychogena californica		Eastern Pacific	9 WD
Ptychogena crocea		Northeast Atlantic	2.5 WD
Ptychogena hyperborea		Northwest Atlantic and An	1.5 WD
Ptychogena lactea		Arctic, Northern Atlantic	9 WD
Staurostoma mertensii	Whitecross jellyfish	Atlantic Ocean, Pacific O	20 WD
Toxorchis arcuatus		Eastern Central Pacific	0.6 WD
Toxorchis kellneri		Western Atlantic	1.5 WD
Toxorchis milleri		Western Central Pacific	8.5 WD
Toxorchis polynema		Indo-Pacific	2.6 WD
Toxorchis thalassinus		Western Central Pacific	5 WD

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