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accepted marine extant species
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Biota
(32 245)
Kingdom
Animalia
(26 723)
Phylum
Acanthocephala
(64)
Phylum
Annelida
(2 173)
Phylum
Arthropoda
(7 688)
Phylum
Brachiopoda
(39)
Phylum
Bryozoa
(786)
Phylum
Cephalorhyncha
Phylum
Chaetognatha
(41)
Phylum
Chordata
(2 245)
Subphylum
Cephalochordata
(2)
Subphylum
Tunicata
(494)
Subphylum
Urochordata
accepted as
Tunicata
Subphylum
Vertebrata
(1 749)
Infraphylum
Agnatha
(5)
Infraphylum
Gnathostomata
(1 744)
Parvphylum
Chondrichthyes
(148)
Class
Elasmobranchii
(142)
Subclass
Neoselachii
(142)
Infraclass
Batoidea
(57)
Infraclass
Selachii
(85)
Superorder
Galeomorphi
(51)
Superorder
Squalomorphi
(34)
Order
Echinorhiniformes
(1)
Order
Hexanchiformes
(4)
Order
Squaliformes
(26)
Family
Centrophoridae Bleeker, 1859
(7)
Genus
Centrophorus
Müller & Henle, 1837
(4)
Species
Centrophorus granulosus
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species
Centrophorus lusitanicus
Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864
Species
Centrophorus squamosus
(Bonnaterre, 1788)
Species
Centrophorus uyato
(Rafinesque, 1810)
Genus
Deania
Jordan & Snyder, 1902
(3)
Family
Dalatiidae Gray, 1851
(2)
Family
Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
(4)
Family
Oxynotidae Gill, 1863
(2)
Family
Somniosidae Jordan, 1888
(8)
Family
Squalidae de Blainville, 1816
(3)
Order
Squatiniformes
(3)
Class
Holocephali
(6)
Parvphylum
Osteichthyes
(1 333)
Megaclass
Tetrapoda
(263)
Superclass
Pisces
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
(4 728)
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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