Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Aberrospadella verruculosa	Northwest Pacific.		1971
Bathyspadella edentata	Northwest Pacific	1.2 BL	1939
Bathyspadella oxydentata	Northwest Pacific	1.6 BL	2011
Calispadella alata	Mid-Atlantic Ridge.	0.4 BL	2005
Hemispadella dauvini	Northern and eastern Atla	1.9 BL	1996
Paraspadella anops	Western Central Atlantic	0.4 BL	1989
Paraspadella caecafera	Northwestern Pacific	0.5 BL	1986
Paraspadella gotoi	Northwest Pacific	0.6 BL	1990
Paraspadella hummelincki	Western Central Atlantic.	0.3 BL	1970
Paraspadella johnstoni	Southern Pacific.	0.5 BL	1944
Paraspadella legazpichessi	Western Central Pacific	0.2 BL	1981
Paraspadella nana	Western Central Atlantic	0.3 BL	1963
Paraspadella pimukatharos	Eastern Central Pacific	0.4 BL	1987
Paraspadella pulchella	Western Central Atlantic.	0.3 BL	1963
Paraspadella schizoptera	Western Central Pacific	0.5 BL	1895
Paraspadella sheardi	Southern Pacific.	0.7 BL	1944
Spadella angulata	Northwest Pacific	0.6 BL	1951
Spadella antarctica	Antarctic Atlantic.	0.6 BL	1991
Spadella birostrata	Northeast Atlantic and th	0.8 BL	1987
Spadella boucheri	Northwest Pacific	0.1 BL	2000
Spadella bradshawi	Eastern Central Pacific	0.7 BL	1974
Spadella cephaloptera	Circumglobal between 40°	0.6 BL	1851
Spadella duverti	Eastern Central Atlantic	0.5 BL	2009
Spadella equidentata	Northeast Atlantic	0.7 BL	1987
Spadella gaetanoi	Eastern Central Pacific	0.3 BL	1978
Spadella interstitialis	Mediterranean Sea.	0.2 BL	2005
Spadella japonica	Northwest Pacific	0.4 BL	1993
Spadella kappae	Northeastern Atlantic	0.4 BL	2020
Spadella lainezi	Eastern Central Atlantic	0.5 BL	2006
Spadella ledoyeri	Mediterranean Sea	0.7 BL	1986
Spadella moretonensis	Western Central Pacific.	0.4 BL	1920
Spadella nunezi	Eastern Central Atlantic	0.2 BL	2004
Spadella valsalinae	Mediterranean Sea	0.5 BL	2013
Spadella xcalakensis	Western Central Atlantic	0.4 BL	2007

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Family: Spadellidae (See list of species below)

Family: Spadellidae

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