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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)
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)
Class
Calcarea
(104)
Class
Demospongiae
(1 338)
Subclass
Ceractinomorpha
accepted as
Demospongiae
Subclass
Heteroscleromorpha
(1 252)
Subclass
Keratosa
(73)
Order
Dendroceratida
(23)
Family
Darwinellidae Merejkowsky, 1879
(19)
Genus
Aplysilla
Schulze, 1878
(5)
Species
Aplysilla arctica
de Laubenfels, 1948
Species
Aplysilla arenosa
Hentschel, 1929
accepted as
Aplysilla arctica
de Laubenfels, 1948
Species
Aplysilla glacialis
(Merejkowsky, 1878)
Species
Aplysilla rosea
(Barrois, 1876)
Species
Aplysilla rubra
(Hanitsch, 1890)
Species
Aplysilla sulfurea
Schulze, 1878
Genus
Chelonaplysilla
de Laubenfels, 1948
(4)
Genus
Darwinella
Müller, 1865
(8)
Genus
Dendrilla
Lendenfeld, 1883
(2)
Family
Dictyodendrillidae Bergquist, 1980
(4)
Order
Dictyoceratida
(50)
Subclass
Tetractinomorpha
accepted as
Demospongiae
Subclass
Verongimorpha
(12)
Order
Demospongiae
incertae sedis
(1)
Order
Halisarcida
accepted as
Chondrillida
Order
Lithistida
accepted as
Heteroscleromorpha
Class
Hexactinellida
(46)
Class
Homoscleromorpha
(26)
Class
Porifera
incertae sedis
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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