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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 (Galeolaria) hystrix
              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