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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
              Nidificaria
              Paralaeospira
              Simplaria
              Spirorbis
                Spirorbis corallinae
                Spirorbis cuneatus
                Spirorbis gesae
                Spirorbis infundibulum
                Spirorbis inornatus
                Spirorbis marioni
                Spirorbis mentosus
                Spirorbis moerchi
                Spirorbis nudus
                Spirorbis ponticus
                Spirorbis pusilla
                Spirorbis rupestris
                Spirorbis serratus
                Spirorbis spirorbis
                Spirorbis tridentatus
                Spirorbis laevis
                Spirorbis (Paralaeospira)
                    Spirorbis (Paralaeospira) calypso
                    Spirorbis (Paralaeospira) aggregatus
                    Spirorbis (Paralaeospira) antarcticus
                    Spirorbis (Paralaeospira) adeonella
                    Spirorbis (Paralaeospira) capensis
                Spirorbis borealis
                Spirorbis pagenstecheri
                Spirorbis granulata
                Spirorbis pusilloides
                Spirorbis spirillum
                Spirorbis corrugatus
                Spirorbis pseudocorrugatus
                Spirorbis militaris
                Spirorbis violaceus
                Spirorbis bifurcatus
                Spirorbis strigatus
                Spirorbis foraminosus
                Spirorbis spatulatus
                Spirorbis rothlisbergi
                Spirorbis (Dexiospira)
                Spirorbis (Janua)
                Spirorbis (Laeospira)
                Spirorbis (Leodora)
                Spirorbis (Pileolaria)
                Spirorbis (Romanchella)
                Spirorbis (Spirillum)
                Spirorbis (Spirorbis)
                Spirorbis (Spirorbella)
                Spirorbis brasiliensis
                Spirorbis carinatus
                Spirorbis catagraphus
                Spirorbis chilensis
                Spirorbis clavus
                Spirorbis communis
                Spirorbis conoidea
                Spirorbis convexis
                Spirorbis coronatus
                Spirorbis dagmar
                Spirorbis digitus
                Spirorbis dorsatus
                Spirorbis epichysis
                Spirorbis eximius
                Spirorbis flabellis
                Spirorbis formosus
                Spirorbis glomeratus
                Spirorbis imprimus
                Spirorbis incisus
                Spirorbis incongruus
                Spirorbis incurvatus
                Spirorbis indicus
                Spirorbis inventis
                Spirorbis inversus
                Spirorbis junior
                Spirorbis kronsmoorensis
                Spirorbis labiatus
                Spirorbis lamellosa
                Spirorbis lineatus
                Spirorbis margarita
                Spirorbis mediokeuperinus
                Spirorbis mendosus
                Spirorbis milada
                Spirorbis mirus
                Spirorbis monocanthus
                Spirorbis mutabilis
                Spirorbis mutsu
                Spirorbis nordenskjoeldi
                Spirorbis obstinatus
                Spirorbis papillatus
                Spirorbis pervius
                Spirorbis phylactaema
                Spirorbis pixelli
                Spirorbis placophora
                Spirorbis porosa
                Spirorbis quadrangularis
                Spirorbis quingyani
                Spirorbis recta
                Spirorbis rugatus
                Spirorbis rugosa
                Spirorbis samchokensis
                Spirorbis scoresbyi
                Spirorbis similis
                Spirorbis steueri
                Spirorbis superminor
                Spirorbis translucens
                Spirorbis transversus
                Spirorbis tricostalis
                Spirorbis tuberculatus
                Spirorbis turnoviensis
                Spirorbis unicornis
                Spirorbis variabilis
                Spirorbis vastus
                Spirorbis voigti
                Spirorbis zeylandica
                Spirorbis africana
                Spirorbis albus
                Spirorbis ambiguus
                Spirorbis ammonita
                Spirorbis annulus
                Spirorbis antarctica
                Spirorbis antillarum
                Spirorbis articulatus
                Spirorbis ascendens
                Spirorbis auricularis
                Spirorbis baltica
                Spirorbis bellulus
                Spirorbis bidentatus
                Spirorbis ammonitiformis
                Spirorbis incisus
                Spirorbis nautiloides
                Spirorbis parallela
                Spirorbis perforans
                Spirorbis plicatus
                Spirorbis spirulaeformis
                Spirorbis lucidus
                Spirorbis cornuarietis
                Spirorbis evolutus
                Spirorbis fabricii
                Spirorbis fewkesii
                Spirorbis linnei
                Spirorbis abnormis
                Spirorbis affinis
                Spirorbis alveolatus
                Spirorbis argutus
                Spirorbis asperatus
                Spirorbis beneti
                Spirorbis comptus
                Spirorbis cornea
                Spirorbis reflexa
                Spirorbis semidentatus
                Spirorbis stimpsonii
                Spirorbis sulcata
                Spirorbis tubaeformis
                Spirorbis validus
                Spirorbis caulleryi
                Spirorbis conica
                Spirorbis carinata
                Spirorbis carinulata
                Spirorbis parallela
                Spirorbis lucida
                Spirorbis retortus
                Spirorbis reversus
                Spirorbis verruca
                Spirorbis vitrea
              Vinearia
              Anomalorbis
              Spirorbinae
              Pileolariinae
              Januinae
              Circeinae
              Amplaria
              Charybs
              Mera
              Romanchellinae
              Simplicaria
              Nidularia
              Duplicaria
              Spirillum
              Dexiospira
              Sinistrella
              Spirorbella
              Spirorbides
            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
            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