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Between brackets is the number of
accepted marine extant species
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Biota
(32 246)
Kingdom
Animalia
(26 724)
Phylum
Acanthocephala
(64)
Phylum
Annelida
(2 173)
Phylum
Arthropoda
(7 689)
Phylum
Brachiopoda
(39)
Phylum
Bryozoa
(786)
Phylum
Cephalorhyncha
Phylum
Chaetognatha
(41)
Phylum
Chordata
(2 246)
Phylum
Cnidaria
(1 469)
Phylum
Coelenterata
Phylum
Ctenophora
(37)
Phylum
Cycliophora
(1)
Phylum
Dicyemida
(17)
Phylum
Echinodermata
(650)
Subphylum
Asterozoa
(350)
Subphylum
Crinozoa
(41)
Subphylum
Echinozoa
(259)
Class
Echinoidea
(78)
Subclass
Cidaroidea
(6)
Subclass
Euechinoidea
(72)
Infraclass
Acroechinoidea
Infraclass
Aulodonta
(14)
Infraclass
Carinacea
(26)
Infraclass
Irregularia
(32)
Subterclass
Atelostomata
(28)
Order
Holasteroida
(6)
Order
Spatangoida
(22)
Suborder
Brissidina
(16)
Superfamily
Spatangidea Fischer, 1966
accepted as
Spatangoidea Gray, 1825
Superfamily
Spatangoidea Gray, 1825
(10)
Family
Eupatagidae Lambert, 1905
Family
Loveniidae Lambert, 1905
(7)
Subfamily
Echinocardiinae Cooke, 1942
(7)
Family
Maretiidae Lambert, 1905
Family
Spatangidae Gray, 1825
(3)
Family
Asterostomatidae Pictet, 1857
Family
Brissidae Gray, 1855
(4)
Family
Palaeotropidae Lambert, 1896
(2)
Suborder
Micrasterina
(1)
Suborder
Paleopneustina
(4)
Family
Hemiasteridae H.L. Clark, 1917
(1)
Subterclass
Neognathostomata
(4)
Order
Pourtalesioida
accepted as
Pourtalesiidae A. Agassiz, 1881
Order
Echinothuroida
accepted as
Echinothurioida
Class
Holothuroidea
(181)
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
(4 727)
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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