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The taxonomy here displays all parent and child nodes of the taxonomy that are tagged as accepted or synonymised. Only species tagged as marine are shown (so you may find some parent nodes with no species within them).

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Animalia
  Mollusca
  Porifera
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
    Polychaeta
      Canalipalpata
        Spionida
        Terebellida
        Sabellida
          Oweniida
          Oweniidae
          Sabellariidae
          Sabellidae
          Serpulidae
              Spirorbinae
              Apomatus
              Bathyvermilia
              Chitinopoma
              Ditrupa
              Ficopomatus
              Filograna
              Filogranula
              Hyalopomatus
              Hydroides
                Hydroides albiceps
                Hydroides azoricus
                Hydroides brachyacanthus
                Hydroides dianthus
                Hydroides diramphus
                Hydroides elegans
                Hydroides ezoensis
                Hydroides helmatus
                Hydroides heterocerus
                Hydroides homocerus
                Hydroides minax
                Hydroides niger
                Hydroides norvegicus
                Hydroides novaepommeraniae
                Hydroides operculatus
                Hydroides pseudouncinata
                Hydroides pseudouncinatus
                Hydroides steinitzi
                Hydroides stoichadon
                Hydroides uncinata
                Hydroides norvegica
                Hydroides lunulifera
                Hydroides perezi
                Hydroides exaltatus
                Hydroides bifurcatus
                Hydroides monoceros
                Hydroides ralumianus
                Hydroides heteroceros
                Hydroides homoceros
                Hydroides (Eupomatus)
                Hydroides (Eucarphus)
                Hydroides ancorispinus
                Hydroides augeneri
                Hydroides azorica
                Hydroides bannerorum
                Hydroides basispinosus
                Hydroides bifidus
                Hydroides bisectus
                Hydroides brachyacantha
                Hydroides bulbosus
                Hydroides centrospina
                Hydroides chilensis
                Hydroides deleoni
                Hydroides externispina
                Hydroides gradatus
                Hydroides grubei
                Hydroides heterofurcatus
                Hydroides huanghaiensis
                Hydroides incrustans
                Hydroides lambecki
                Hydroides longispinosus
                Hydroides longistylaris
                Hydroides malleophorus
                Hydroides mongeslopezi
                Hydroides monroi
                Hydroides mucronatus
                Hydroides nanhaiensis
                Hydroides nigra
                Hydroides nodosus
                Hydroides ochotereana
                Hydroides pacificus
                Hydroides panamensis
                Hydroides prisca
                Hydroides rectus
                Hydroides recurvispina
                Hydroides rhombobulus
                Hydroides rostratus
                Hydroides salazarvallejoi
                Hydroides similoides
                Hydroides sinensis
                Hydroides spinalateralis
                Hydroides tambalagamensis
                Hydroides tenhovei
                Hydroides trilobulus
                Hydroides trivesiculosus
                Hydroides trompi
                Hydroides tuberculatus
                Hydroides xishaensis
                Hydroides cruciger
                Hydroides crucigera
                Hydroides cumingii
                Hydroides diplochone
                Hydroides gracilis
                Hydroides microtis
                Hydroides parvus
                Hydroides piranga
                Hydroides priscus
                Hydroides sanctaecrucis
                Hydroides spinosus
                Hydroides uncinatus
                Hydroides multispinosa
                Hydroides abbreviatus
                Hydroides arnoldi
                Hydroides bispinosus
                Hydroides californicus
                Hydroides capensis
                Hydroides glandifer
                Hydroides inermis
                Hydroides inornatus
                Hydroides multispinosus
                Hydroides protulicola
                Hydroides spongicola
                Hydroides alatalateralis
                Hydroides bandaensis
                Hydroides calopoma
                Hydroides dafnii
                Hydroides dipoma
                Hydroides elegantulus
                Hydroides floridanus
                Hydroides furcifer
                Hydroides fuscus
                Hydroides fusicola
                Hydroides gairacensis
                Hydroides humilis
                Hydroides malleolaspinus
                Hydroides ochoterena
                Hydroides plateni
                Hydroides similis
                Hydroides uniformis
                Hydroides euplaeana
                Hydroides benzoni
                Hydroides decorus
                Hydroides affinis
                Hydroides dianthoides
                Hydroides dunkeri
                Hydroides esoensis
                Hydroides externispinosa
                Hydroides heterocercus
                Hydroides hexagonus
                Hydroides inoranta
                Hydroides intereans
                Hydroides multicristata
                Hydroides nervegica
                Hydroides okudai
                Hydroides pectinatus
                Hydroides rostrata
                Hydroides sanctaecrusis
                Hydroides serratus
                Hydroides spinoza
                Hydroides tambalgamensis
                Hydroides groenlandica
                Hydroides adamaformis
                Hydroides kimberleyensis
                Hydroides pseudexaltatus
                Hydroides simplidentatus
                Hydroides spiculitubus
                Hydroides spiratubus
                Hydroides trihamulatus
              Janita
              Josephella
              Metavermilia
              Neovermilia
              Placostegus
              Pomatoceros
              Pomatoleios
              Protis
              Protula
              Pseudovermilia
              Rhodopsis
              Salmacina
              Semivermilia
              Serpula
              Spiraserpula
              Spirobranchus
              Spirodiscus
              Vermiliopsis
              Vitreotubus
              Jugaria
              Neomicrorbis
              Omphalopomopsis
              Vermilia
              Chitinopomoides
              Cystopomatus
              Dipomatus
              Crucigera
              Paraserpula
              Flucticularia
              Genicularia
              Gynaeconitis
              Hamulus
              Protectoconorca
              Sarcinella
              Vepreculina
              Anatomus
              Anisomelus
              Apomatolos
              Bonhourella
              Crosslandiella
              Crozetospira
              Cyenoserpula
              Cymospira
              Dasynema
              Eoplacostegus
              Eupomatus
              Filogranella
              Floriprotis
              Galeolaria
              Heterodisca
              Hyalopomatopsis
              Laeospira
              Laminatubus
              Lemintina
              Marifugia
              Membranopsis
              Microprotula
              Miroserpula
              Mucroserpula
              Olga
              Olgaharmania
              Omphalopoma
              Pannoserpula
              Paraprotis
              Paraprotula
              Paumotella
              Piratesa
              Pomatostegus
              Proliserpula
              Propomatoceros
              Protoserpula
              Pseudopomatoceros
              Pseudoserpula
              Psygmobranchus
              Rotularia
              Salmacinoidea
              Salmacinopsis
              Schizocraspedon
              Sclerostyla
              Sinoditrupa
              Spiroglyphus
              Spirorbula
              Subprotula
              Tanturia
              Temporaria
              Tetraserpula
              Zopyrus
              Brochus
              Calcareopomatus
              Carpathiella
              Codonytes
              Conopomatus
              Ditrypa
              Eucarphus
              Filigrana
              Filipora
              Helicosyphon
              Paravermilia
              Pomatoceropsis
              Pseudochitinopoma
              Pyrgopolon
              Ruxingella
              Spirabranchus
              Stoa
              Weixiserpula
              Bathyditrupa
              Nogrobs
              Amphiserpula
              Crinoserpula
              Apomatopsis
              Ehlerprotula
              Enpomatus
              Eupamotus
              Glossopsis
              Polyphragma
              Protohydroides
              Conchoserpula
              Semiserpula
              Chaetinopoma
              Isovermilia
              Longitubus
              Mammetuba
              Marsipospira
              Mera
              Microserpula
              Omphalopomatopsis
              Pentaditrupa
              Peotula
              Pixellgrana
              Placostegopsis
              Penicillum
              Peraserpula
              Pixellia
              Protoplacostegus
              Dorsoserpula
              Amplicaria
              Galeoloria
              Podioceros
              Pomatoceropsis
              Potamoceras
              Pomatocerus
              Potamoceros
              Spiramella
              Protulopsis
              Triditrupa
              Vermeliopsis
              Bunodus
              Kimberleya
              Pseudoprotula
          Siboglinidae
          Fabriciidae
          Sabellongidae
      Polychaeta fossils incertae sedis
    Clitellata
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera