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accepted marine extant species
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Biota
(32 241)
Kingdom
Animalia
(26 719)
Phylum
Acanthocephala
(64)
Phylum
Annelida
(2 173)
Phylum
Arthropoda
(7 689)
Phylum
Brachiopoda
(39)
Phylum
Bryozoa
(787)
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)
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
(4 725)
Subphylum
Aculifera
Subphylum
Conchifera
Subphylum
Placophora
accepted as
Polyplacophora
Superclass
Aplacophora
Class
Bivalvia
(835)
Class
Caudofoveata
(30)
Class
Cephalopoda
(143)
Class
Conchifera
accepted as
Bivalvia
Class
Gastropoda
(3 492)
Subclass
Caenogastropoda
(1 818)
Subclass
Heterobranchia
(1 236)
Infraclass
"Lower Heterobranchia"
(78)
Infraclass
Euthyneura
(1 145)
Subterclass
Acteonimorpha
(29)
Subterclass
Ringipleura
(481)
Superorder
Nudipleura
(470)
Order
Notaspidea
accepted as
Pleurobranchomorpha
Order
Nudibranchia
(450)
Suborder
Cladobranchia
(247)
Infraorder
Pseudoeuctenidiacea
accepted as
Doridoxoidea Bergh, 1899
Parvorder
Aeolidida
accepted as
Aeolidioidea Gray, 1827
Parvorder
Dendronotida
accepted as
Dendronotoidea Allman, 1845
Parvorder
Euarminida
accepted as
Arminoidea Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923 (1841)
Superfamily
Aeolidioidea Gray, 1827
(68)
Superfamily
Arminoidea Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923 (1841)
(8)
Superfamily
Cladobranchia
incertae sedis
(4)
Superfamily
Dendronotoidea Allman, 1845
(63)
Superfamily
Doridoxoidea Bergh, 1899
(1)
Superfamily
Fionoidea Gray, 1857
(80)
Superfamily
Flabellinoidea Bergh, 1889
accepted as
Fionoidea Gray, 1857
Superfamily
Proctonotoidea Gray, 1853
(6)
Superfamily
Tritonioidea Lamarck, 1809
(17)
Family
Tritoniidae Lamarck, 1809
(17)
Suborder
Dexiarchia
accepted as
Cladobranchia
Suborder
Doridina
(203)
Suborder
Euctenidiacea
accepted as
Doridina
Order
Pleurobranchida
(20)
Superorder
Ringiculimorpha
(11)
Order
Pleurobranchomorpha
accepted as
Pleurobranchida
Subterclass
Tectipleura
(635)
Superorder
Euthyneura
incertae sedis
Infraclass
Heterobranchia
incertae sedis
Infraclass
Mesoneura
(13)
Infraclass
Opisthobranchia
Infraclass
Pulmonata
Subclass
Neomphaliones
accepted as
Vetigastropoda
Subclass
Neritimorpha
(5)
Subclass
Patellogastropoda
(26)
Subclass
Prosobranchia
Subclass
Vetigastropoda
(407)
Class
Lamellibranchiata
accepted as
Bivalvia
Class
Mollusca
incertae sedis
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Class
Monoplacophora
(7)
Class
Pelecypoda
accepted as
Bivalvia
Class
Polyplacophora
(78)
Class
Scaphopoda
(49)
Class
Solenogastres
(91)
Subclass
Chaetodermomorpha
accepted as
Caudofoveata
Phylum
Nematoda
(1 849)
Phylum
Nematomorpha
(3)
Phylum
Nemertea
(370)
Phylum
Nemertina
represented as
Nemertea
Phylum
Orthonectida
(19)
Phylum
Pentastomida
accepted as
Pentastomida
Phylum
Phoronida
(9)
Phylum
Placozoa
(1)
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
(2 189)
Phylum
Pogonophora
accepted as
Siboglinidae Caullery, 1914
Phylum
Porifera
(1 515)
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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