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accepted marine extant species
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Biota
(32 254)
Kingdom
Animalia
(26 732)
Phylum
Acanthocephala
(64)
Phylum
Annelida
(2 172)
Phylum
Arthropoda
(7 690)
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
(4 737)
Phylum
Nematoda
(1 847)
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)
Class
Hexactinellida
(46)
Subclass
Amphidiscophora
(5)
Subclass
Hexasterophora
(41)
Order
Aulocalycoida
accepted as
Aulocalycidae Ijima, 1927
Order
Fieldingida
accepted as
Fieldingiidae Tabachnick & Janussen, 2004
Order
Hexactinosa
accepted as
Hexactinosida
Order
Hexactinosida
accepted as
Sceptrulophora
Order
Hexasterophora
incertae sedis
(1)
Order
Lyssacinosa
accepted as
Lyssacinosida
Order
Lyssacinosida
(25)
Order
Sceptrulophora
(15)
Family
Aphrocallistidae Gray, 1867
(1)
Family
Auloplacidae Schrammen, 1912
(1)
Family
Euretidae Zittel, 1877
(5)
Family
Farreidae Gray, 1872
(4)
Family
Fieldingiidae Tabachnick & Janussen, 2004
(1)
Family
Sceptrulophora
incertae sedis
Family
Tretodictyidae Schulze, 1886
(3)
Genus
Hexactinella
Carter, 1885
(1)
Species
Hexactinella filholi
Topsent, 1904
accepted as
Auloplax filholi
(Topsent, 1904)
Species
Hexactinella grimaldii
Topsent, 1890
Species
Hexactinella tubulosa
(Schulze, 1886)
accepted as
Tretodictyum tubulosum
Schulze, 1886
Genus
Tretodictyum
Schulze, 1886
(2)
Class
Homoscleromorpha
(26)
Class
Porifera
incertae sedis
Phylum
Priapulida
(7)
Phylum
Rotifera
(105)
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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