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Total number of spines in dorsal and anal fins (optional)
41 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)
Scientific Name
English Name
Distribution
Max. Length (cm)
Golfingia anderssoni
Southern Ocean and the An
Golfingia appendiculata
Southwest Pacific
Golfingia birsteini
Northwest Pacific.
Golfingia capensis
Common peanut worm
Western Indian Ocean
20 TRKL
Golfingia elongata
Northwest Pacific, Atlant
3 TL
Golfingia flagrifera
Northern Atlantic and Pac
Golfingia iniqua
Northeast Atlantic
Golfingia margaritacea
Peanut worm
Indo-Pacific, Mediterrane
Golfingia mirabilis
Western Indian Ocean
Golfingia muricaudata
Antarctic Atlantic, Indo-
Golfingia pectinatoides
Western Indian Ocean
Golfingia trichocephala
Western Central Pacific
Golfingia vulgaris
Brown peanut worm
Arctic, Indo-Pacific, Nor
0.4 TRKL
Nephasoma abyssorum
Arctic, Northeast Atlanti
Nephasoma bulbosum
Northern Atlantic
Nephasoma capilleforme
Arctic, Antarctic, Medite
Nephasoma columbaris
Western Central Atlantic
Nephasoma confusum
Antarctic Atlantic, Indo-
2.5 TL
Nephasoma constricticervix
Atlantic Ocean and the Me
Nephasoma constrictum
Northern Atlantic, Indian
Nephasoma cutleri
Indo-West Pacific and Ant
Nephasoma delagei
Northeast Atlantic
Nephasoma diaphanes
Arctic, Northwest Atlanti
Nephasoma ditadii
Southwest Atlantic
Nephasoma eremita
Arctic, Southeast Pacific
Nephasoma flagriferum
Northern Atlantic
Nephasoma laetmophilum
Eastern Pacific
3.9 TL
Nephasoma lilljeborgi
Arctic, Atlantic Ocean an
3 TL
Nephasoma minutum
Arctic, Northeast Pacific
1.5 TRKL
Nephasoma multiaraneusa
Western Central Atlantic
Nephasoma novaezealandiae
Southwest Pacific
Nephasoma pellucidum
Indo-Pacific and Western
Nephasoma rimicola
Northeast Atlantic and th
Nephasoma rutilofuscum
Western Indian Ocean.
1.5 TRKL
Nephasoma schuettei
Indo-West Pacific
16 TL
Nephasoma tasmaniense
Southwest Pacific (Ref. 1
1.8 TRKL
Nephasoma vitjazi
Northwest Pacific.
Nephasoma wodjanizkii
Atlantic Ocean.
Thysanocardia catharinae
Indo-Pacific, Southern At
7 TRKL
Thysanocardia nigra
Pacific Ocean. Tropical
10 TRKL
Thysanocardia procera
Northeast Atlantic and th