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accepted marine extant species
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Biota
(32 254)
Kingdom
Animalia
(26 732)
Phylum
Acanthocephala
(64)
Phylum
Annelida
(2 174)
Phylum
Arthropoda
(7 688)
Phylum
Brachiopoda
(39)
Phylum
Bryozoa
(786)
Class
Gymnolaemata
(690)
Order
Cheilostomatida
(605)
Order
Ctenostomatida
(85)
Suborder
Alcyonidiina
(24)
Suborder
Ctenostomatida
incertae sedis
(1)
Suborder
Flustrellidrina
(2)
Suborder
Paludicellina
Suborder
Stolonifera
Suborder
Stoloniferina
(25)
Suborder
Vesicularina
(19)
Superfamily
Vesicularioidea Johnston, 1838
(19)
Family
Buskiidae Hincks, 1880
(2)
Family
Vesiculariidae Johnston, 1838
(17)
Genus
Amathia
Lamouroux, 1812
(16)
Genus
Bowerbankia
Farre, 1837
accepted as
Amathia
Lamouroux, 1812
Genus
Vesicularia
Thompson, 1830
(1)
Genus
Zoobotryon
Ehrenberg, 1831
accepted as
Amathia
Lamouroux, 1812
Species
Zoobotryon verticillatum
(Delle Chiaje, 1822)
accepted as
Amathia verticillata
(delle Chiaje, 1822)
Suborder
Victorellina
(12)
Superfamily
Benedeniporoidea Delage & Hérouard, 1897
(2)
Family
Claviporidae
accepted as
Clavoporidae Osburn & Soule, 1953
Family
Nollelidae
accepted as
Nolellidae Harmer, 1915
Class
Phylactolaemata
Class
Stenolaemata
(96)
Phylum
Cephalorhyncha
Phylum
Chaetognatha
(41)
Phylum
Chordata
(2 245)
Phylum
Cnidaria
(1 469)
Phylum
Coelenterata
Phylum
Ctenophora
(37)
Phylum
Cycliophora
(1)
Phylum
Dicyemida
(17)
Phylum
Echinodermata
(650)
Phylum
Ectoprocta
accepted as
Bryozoa
Phylum
Entoprocta
(59)
Phylum
Gastrotricha
(257)
Phylum
Gnathostomulida
(25)
Phylum
Hemichordata
(17)
Phylum
Kinorhyncha
(83)
Phylum
Loricifera
(2)
Phylum
Mesozoa
accepted as
Dicyemida
Phylum
Mollusca
(4 736)
Phylum
Nematoda
(1 849)
Phylum
Nematomorpha
(3)
Phylum
Nemertea
(372)
Phylum
Nemertina
represented as
Nemertea
Phylum
Orthonectida
(19)
Phylum
Pentastomida
accepted as
Pentastomida
Phylum
Phoronida
(9)
Phylum
Placozoa
(1)
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
(2 192)
Phylum
Pogonophora
accepted as
Siboglinidae Caullery, 1914
Phylum
Porifera
(1 514)
Phylum
Priapulida
(7)
Phylum
Rotifera
(104)
Phylum
Sipunculida
accepted as
Sipuncula
Phylum
Tardigrada
(83)
Phylum
Xenacoelomorpha
(189)
Kingdom
Bacteria
(157)
Kingdom
Chromista
(3 254)
Kingdom
Fungi
(374)
Kingdom
Monera
represented as
Bacteria
Kingdom
Plantae
(1 473)
Kingdom
Protozoa
(264)
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