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Non-fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Plagioeciidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Cardioecia watersi []	No picture found Diastopora ridleyi []	No picture found Diplosolen intricarius []
No picture found Diplosolen obelium []	No picture found Liripora amphorae []	No picture found Liripora violacea []
No picture found Plagioecia dichotoma []	No picture found Plagioecia dorsalis []	No picture found Plagioecia dubia []
No picture found Plagioecia gemelligera []	No picture found Plagioecia inoedificata []	No picture found Plagioecia patina []
No picture found Plagioecia platydiscus []	No picture found Plagioecia reticulata []	No picture found Plagioecia sarniensis []
No picture found Plagioecia tortuosa []

16 Species of Family Plagioeciidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Cardioecia watersi		Mediterranean Sea.
Diastopora ridleyi		Southwest Pacific
Diplosolen intricarius		Northeast Atlantic and th
Diplosolen obelium		Northeast Atlantic, Medit
Liripora amphorae		Mediterranean Sea.
Liripora violacea		Mediterranean Sea.
Plagioecia dichotoma		Southwest Atlantic
Plagioecia dorsalis		Mediterranean Sea.
Plagioecia dubia		Southwest Atlantic
Plagioecia gemelligera		Southwest Atlantic
Plagioecia inoedificata		Mediterranean Sea.
Plagioecia patina		Northeast Atlantic and th
Plagioecia platydiscus		Mediterranean Sea.
Plagioecia reticulata		Southwest Atlantic
Plagioecia sarniensis		Northeast Atlantic, Easte
Plagioecia tortuosa		Eastern Central Atlantic

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