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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)
Superclass
Annelida
incertae sedis
(16)
Class
Clitellata
(237)
Class
Polychaeta
(1 878)
Subclass
Aciculata
accepted as
Errantia
Subclass
Echiura
(36)
Subclass
Errantia
(949)
Order
Amphinomida
(22)
Order
Eunicida
(168)
Order
Phyllodocida
(759)
Suborder
Aphroditiformia
(157)
Suborder
Glyceriformia
(25)
Suborder
Nereidiformia
(391)
Family
Antonbruunidae Fauchald, 1977
(1)
Family
Chrysopetalidae Ehlers, 1864
(14)
Family
Hesionidae Grube, 1850
(28)
Subfamily
Hesioninae Grube, 1850
(6)
Subfamily
Ophiodrominae Pleijel, 1998
(15)
Subfamily
Psamathinae Pleijel, 1998
(7)
Family
Levidoridae Perkins, 1987
accepted as
Syllidae Grube, 1850
Family
Microphthalmidae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971
(13)
Family
Nereidae [auctt.]
accepted as
Nereididae Blainville, 1818
Family
Nereididae Blainville, 1818
(70)
Family
Pilargidae Saint-Joseph, 1899
(14)
Family
Syllidae Grube, 1850
(251)
Suborder
Phyllodocida
incertae sedis
(77)
Suborder
Phyllodociformia
(109)
Subclass
Polychaeta
incertae sedis
(82)
Subclass
Sedentaria
(811)
Order
Sipuncula
(43)
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)
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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