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Family: Hymedesmiidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Acanthancora equiformis []	No picture found Hamigera strongylata []	Hemimycale columella [Crater sponge]
No picture found Hemimycale harlequinus []	No picture found Hemimycale nathani []	No picture found Hemimycale rhodus []
No picture found Hymedesmia antarctica []	No picture found Hymedesmia brachyrhabda []	No picture found Hymedesmia campechiana []
No picture found Hymedesmia coriacea []	No picture found Hymedesmia dermata []	No picture found Hymedesmia irregularis []
No picture found Hymedesmia jecusculum []	No picture found Hymedesmia leptochela []	No picture found Hymedesmia longurius []
No picture found Hymedesmia mariondufresni []	No picture found Hymedesmia mertoni []	No picture found Hymedesmia noramaloneae []
No picture found Hymedesmia nummota []	No picture found Hymedesmia nummulus []	No picture found Hymedesmia occulta []
No picture found Hymedesmia pansa []	No picture found Hymedesmia parvispicula []	No picture found Hymedesmia paupertas []
No picture found Hymedesmia peachii []	No picture found Hymedesmia perlucida []	No picture found Hymedesmia platychela []
No picture found Hymedesmia prostrata []	No picture found Hymedesmia spinata []	No picture found Hymedesmia spiniarcuata []
No picture found Kirkpatrickia coulmani []	No picture found Kirkpatrickia spiculophila []	No picture found Kirkpatrickia variolosa []
No picture found Myxodoryx hanitschi []	No picture found Phorbas amaranthus []	No picture found Phorbas areolatus []
No picture found Phorbas claviger []	No picture found Phorbas dives []	No picture found Phorbas domini []
No picture found Phorbas erectus []	Phorbas fictitius []	No picture found Phorbas glaberrimus []
No picture found Phorbas hoffmani [Hoffman's horny sponge]	No picture found Phorbas longurioides []	No picture found Phorbas microchelifer []
No picture found Phorbas perarmatus []	No picture found Phorbas plumosus []	No picture found Phorbas roxasi []
No picture found Plocamionida ambigua []	No picture found Spanioplon werthi []

50 Species of Family Hymedesmiidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Acanthancora equiformis		Southeast Pacific
Hamigera strongylata		Western Central Pacific
Hemimycale columella	Crater sponge	Northeast Atlantic.
Hemimycale harlequinus		Southeast Pacific
Hemimycale nathani		Southeast Pacific
Hemimycale rhodus		Arctic
Hymedesmia antarctica		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Hymedesmia brachyrhabda		Western Central Pacific.
Hymedesmia campechiana		Western Central Atlantic
Hymedesmia coriacea		Northeast Atlantic
Hymedesmia dermata		Northeast Atlantic, North
Hymedesmia irregularis		Northern Atlantic, Northe
Hymedesmia jecusculum		Atlantic Ocean
Hymedesmia leptochela		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Hymedesmia longurius		Northeast Pacific and Nor
Hymedesmia mariondufresni		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Hymedesmia mertoni		Western Central Pacific
Hymedesmia noramaloneae		Antarctic Atlantic
Hymedesmia nummota		Western Central Atlantic
Hymedesmia nummulus		Arctic
Hymedesmia occulta		Northeast Atlantic and th
Hymedesmia pansa		Northeast Atlantic
Hymedesmia parvispicula		Indo-West Pacific.
Hymedesmia paupertas		Northern Atlantic and Ant
Hymedesmia peachii		Arctic
Hymedesmia perlucida		Western Central Pacific
Hymedesmia platychela		Arctic
Hymedesmia prostrata		Western Central Pacific
Hymedesmia spinata		Western Central Pacific
Hymedesmia spiniarcuata		Western Central Pacific.
Kirkpatrickia coulmani		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Kirkpatrickia spiculophila		Indo-West Pacific.
Kirkpatrickia variolosa		Sub-Antarctica and Antarc
Myxodoryx hanitschi		Antarctic Atlantic
Phorbas amaranthus		Western Central Atlantic
Phorbas areolatus		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Phorbas claviger		Arctic
Phorbas dives		Northeast Atlantic
Phorbas domini		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Phorbas erectus		Western Central Pacific.
Phorbas fictitius		Northeast Atlantic
Phorbas glaberrimus		Antarctica.
Phorbas hoffmani	Hoffman's horny sponge	Northeast Pacific	300 H
Phorbas longurioides		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Phorbas microchelifer		Northern Atlantic
Phorbas perarmatus		Northeast Atlantic
Phorbas plumosus		Northeast Atlantic and An
Phorbas roxasi		Western Central Pacific
Plocamionida ambigua		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Spanioplon werthi		Antarctic Indian Ocean

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