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Between brackets is the number of
accepted marine extant species
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Biota
(32 243)
Kingdom
Animalia
(26 721)
Phylum
Acanthocephala
(64)
Phylum
Annelida
(2 173)
Phylum
Arthropoda
(7 688)
Subphylum
Chelicerata
(518)
Subphylum
Crustacea
(7 156)
Superclass
Allotriocarida
(102)
Superclass
Multicrustacea
(6 356)
Class
Copepoda
(2 855)
Class
Hexanauplia
accepted as
Thecostraca
Class
Malacostraca
(3 338)
Subclass
Eumalacostraca
(3 303)
Superorder
Eucarida
(720)
Order
Amphionidacea
accepted as
Caridea
Order
Decapoda
(678)
Suborder
Dendrobranchiata
(57)
Suborder
Macrura
Suborder
Pleocyemata
(621)
Infraorder
Achelata
(10)
Infraorder
Anomura
(114)
Infraorder
Astacidea
(6)
Infraorder
Axiidea
(16)
Family
Axiidae Huxley, 1879
(5)
Family
Callianassidae Dana, 1852
(6)
Family
Callichiridae Manning & Felder, 1991
(1)
Family
Calocarididae Ortmann, 1891
accepted as
Axiidae Huxley, 1879
Family
Ctenochelidae Manning & Felder, 1991
(2)
Family
Eucalliacidae Manning & Felder, 1991
(2)
Family
Gourretiidae Sakai, 1999
accepted as
Ctenochelidae Manning & Felder, 1991
Infraorder
Brachyura
(224)
Infraorder
Caridea
(226)
Infraorder
Gebiidea
(8)
Infraorder
Polychelida
(8)
Infraorder
Stenopodidea
(9)
Suborder
Reptantia
Order
Euphausiacea
(42)
Superorder
Peracarida
(2 583)
Subclass
Hoplocarida
(25)
Subclass
Phyllocarida
(10)
Class
Tantulocarida
(13)
Class
Thecostraca
(150)
Superclass
Oligostraca
(698)
Class
Maxillopoda
Subphylum
Myriapoda
(14)
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
(4 726)
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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