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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
              Janita
              Josephella
              Metavermilia
              Neovermilia
              Placostegus
              Pomatoceros
              Pomatoleios
              Protis
              Protula
              Pseudovermilia
              Rhodopsis
              Salmacina
              Semivermilia
              Serpula
              Spiraserpula
              Spirobranchus
              Spirodiscus
              Vermiliopsis
              Vitreotubus
              Jugaria
              Neomicrorbis
              Omphalopomopsis
              Vermilia
                Vermilia multicristata
                Vermilia serrula
                Vermilia bicarinata
                Vermilia calyptrata
                Vermilia conica
                Vermilia contorta
                Vermilia emarginata
                Vermilia eruca
                Vermilia falcigera
                Vermilia hombroni
                Vermilia incerta
                Vermilia mahoria
                Vermilia pennantii
                Vermilia plicifera
                Vermilia proditrix
                Vermilia producta
                Vermilia quinquelineata
                Vermilia rugosa
                Vermilia scabra
                Vermilia striaticeps
                Vermilia subcrenata
                Vermilia infundibulum
                Vermilia multivaricosa
                Vermilia agglutinata
                Vermilia annulata
                Vermilia annulituba
                Vermilia armata
                Vermilia claparedei
                Vermilia clavigera
                Vermilia conigera
                Vermilia cristallina
                Vermilia ctenophora
                Vermilia dinema
                Vermilia dubia
                Vermilia elongata
                Vermilia falcigera
                Vermilia glandulata
                Vermilia greyi
                Vermilia humilis
                Vermilia incrustata
                Vermilia insidiosa
                Vermilia lamarckii
                Vermilia marseillesensis
                Vermilia multicostata
                Vermilia multivarica
                Vermilia nigropileata
                Vermilia pectinata
                Vermilia pennanti
                Vermilia pluriannulata
                Vermilia polytrema
                Vermilia pusilla
                Vermilia pygidialis
                Vermilia rosea
                Vermilia serrulata
                Vermilia socialis
                Vermilia sphaeropomatus
                Vermilia spirorbis
                Vermilia taeniata
                Vermilia tricuspis
                Vermilia trifida
                Vermilia violacea
                Vermilia rostrata
                Vermilia abbreviata
                Vermilia caespitosa
                Vermilia crenata
                Vermilia (Galeolaria)
                Vermilia hystrix
                Vermilia clavigera
                Vermilia multicrostata
                Vermilia benzonii
                Vermilia bermudensis
                Vermilia bucephala
                Vermilia caerulea
                Vermilia carinifera
                Vermilia crucigera
                Vermilia cumingii
                Vermilia dirampha
                Vermilia dunkerii
                Vermilia echinata
                Vermilia fimbriata
                Vermilia fusicola
                Vermilia galeata
                Vermilia hexagona
                Vermilia intricata
                Vermilia marginata
                Vermilia microtis
                Vermilia norwegia
                Vermilia operculata
                Vermilia planata
                Vermilia strigiceps
                Vermilia porrecta
                Vermilia punctata
                Vermilia quadricosta
                Vermilia sanctaecrucis
                Vermilia septata
                Vermilia squamosa
                Vermilia tetraceros
                Vermilia torulosa
                Vermilia tricuspis
                Vermilia triquetra
                Vermilia triquetroides
                Vermilia umbilicata
                Vermilia vermicularis
              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