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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
              Serpula seminulum
              Serpula cavernicola
              Serpula concharum
              Serpula israelitica
              Serpula lobiancoi
              Serpula vermicularis
              Serpula triquetra
              Serpula tubularia
              Serpula infundibulum
              Serpula spirillum
              Serpula corrugata
              Serpula vitrea
              Serpula gigantea
              Serpula tridentata
              Serpula spirorbis
              Serpula narconensis
              Serpula parallela
              Serpula planorbis
              Serpula (Omasaria)
              Serpula (Paraserpula)
              Serpula (Crucigera)
              Serpula (Eupomatus)
              Serpula (Hydroides)
              Serpula (Placostegus)
              Serpula (Pomatoceros)
              Serpula (Pomatostegus)
              Serpula (Sclerostyla)
              Serpula (Vermilia)
              Serpula afra
              Serpula ampullacea
              Serpula anguina
              Serpula anguinoides
              Serpula annulata
              Serpula arenaria
              Serpula aspera
              Serpula batequensis
              Serpula buccinula
              Serpula cannelletto
              Serpula cereolus
              Serpula clientela
              Serpula cochlea
              Serpula colon
              Serpula compressa
              Serpula conglutinata
              Serpula convolvulata
              Serpula cornea
              Serpula cornucopia
              Serpula cornucopiae
              Serpula costalis
              Serpula crenata
              Serpula cribrata
              Serpula cristata
              Serpula decussata
              Serpula dentifera
              Serpula filaria
              Serpula frondiculata
              Serpula glomerata
              Serpula goreensis
              Serpula gyrolithiformis
              Serpula hartmanae
              Serpula helicalis
              Serpula heterostropha
              Serpula hexagona
              Serpula imbutiformis
              Serpula incerta
              Serpula intorta
              Serpula intricata
              Serpula japonica
              Serpula labiata
              Serpula lineatuba
              Serpula lobata
              Serpula lumbricalis
              Serpula magna
              Serpula massiliensis
              Serpula melitensis
              Serpula minima
              Serpula minuta
              Serpula montagui
              Serpula muricata
              Serpula nannoides
              Serpula nodosa
              Serpula ocrea
              Serpula operculata
              Serpula operculata
              Serpula oshimae
              Serpula palauense
              Serpula pellucida
              Serpula penis
              Serpula philippensis
              Serpula placentula
              Serpula plicaria
              Serpula polythalamia
              Serpula proboscidea
              Serpula pyramidalis
              Serpula quadrangularis
              Serpula quadrata
              Serpula quiquecostata
              Serpula rauca
              Serpula reflexa
              Serpula ringens
              Serpula riolensis
              Serpula rubens
              Serpula rugosa
              Serpula rupestris
              Serpula serpentula
              Serpula sipho
              Serpula sitapurensis
              Serpula sombreriana
              Serpula spiruloea
              Serpula stellaris
              Serpula striata
              Serpula subtilis
              Serpula sulcosa
              Serpula tetragona
              Serpula tetratropia
              Serpula torulosa
              Serpula trilatera
              Serpula turboides
              Serpula uschakovi
              Serpula vasifera
              Serpula vermicella
              Serpula viperina
              Serpula vittata
              Serpula watsoni
              Serpula willeyi
              Serpula zelandica
              Serpula loveni
              Serpula mallurensis
              Serpula maorica
              Serpula octoforis
              Serpula saxistructoris
              Serpula aggregata
              Serpula angulata
              Serpula antarctica
              Serpula armata
              Serpula arundo
              Serpula berkeleii
              Serpula bispiralis
              Serpula chrysogyrus
              Serpula cinerea
              Serpula columbiana
              Serpula complexa
              Serpula contortuplicata
              Serpula corallifica
              Serpula cordineri
              Serpula crater
              Serpula crystallina
              Serpula denticulata
              Serpula dianthus
              Serpula echinata
              Serpula fascicularis
              Serpula filiformis
              Serpula filograna
              Serpula fimbriata
              Serpula furcifera
              Serpula gervaisii
              Serpula graeca
              Serpula granulosa
              Serpula interrupta
              Serpula intestinum
              Serpula jukesi
              Serpula lactea
              Serpula libera
              Serpula minax
              Serpula muelleri
              Serpula octocostata
              Serpula ornata
              Serpula pallida
              Serpula patagonica
              Serpula philippii
              Serpula polita
              Serpula porrecta
              Serpula proboscidialis
              Serpula protensa
              Serpula quadricornis
              Serpula reversa
              Serpula serrulata
              Serpula solitaria
              Serpula splendens
              Serpula subquadrangula
              Serpula sulfurata
              Serpula tricornigera
              Serpula triquetroides
              Serpula venusta
              Serpula zygophora
              Serpula verruca
              Serpula cancellata
              Serpula lucida
              Serpula penicillus
              Serpula carinata
              Serpula granulata
              Serpula nautiloides
              Serpula sulcata
              Serpula sinistrorsa
              Serpula plicatilis
              Serpula indica
              Serpula longituba
              Serpula nanhaiensis
              Serpula pacifica
              Serpula sinica
              Serpula crenata
              Serpula vermicularis
              Serpula verticillata
              Serpula triquetra
              Serpula crenatostriata
              Serpula funiculis
              Serpula conica
              Serpula subtorquata
              Serpula (Pentaserpula)
              Serpula prolifera
              Serpula caespitosa
              Serpula (Galeolaria)
              Serpula lithogena
              Serpula tricuspidata
              Serpula phillipsii
              Serpula intricata
              Serpula actinoceros
              Serpula bicornis
              Serpula clavigera
              Serpula colubrina
              Serpula concamerata
              Serpula contorta
              Serpula contorcuplicata
              Serpula cristata
              Serpula armata
              Serpula aspera
              Serpula calyptrata
              Serpula contortus
              Serpula conica
              Serpula ovalis
              Serpula ctenactis
              Serpula (Cymospira)
              Serpula dentata
              Serpula dysteri
              Serpula elongata
              Serpula emarginata
              Serpula fuscata
              Serpula maxima
              Serpula gervaisii
              Serpula globosa
              Serpula (Helena)
              Serpula hombroni
              Serpula galeata
              Serpula incurvata
              Serpula indica
              Serpula infundibulum
              Serpula intestinalis
              Serpula kaempferi
              Serpula labiancai
              Serpula lactea
              Serpula laeve
              Serpula lagena
              Serpula latisetosa
              Serpula lentifera
              Serpula marginata
              Serpula marconensis
              Serpula massilensis
              Serpula minuta
              Serpula multicristata
              Serpula nebulosa
              Serpula norwegica
              Serpula oblonga
              Serpula panamensis
              Serpula parensis
              Serpula pectinata
              Serpula perforata
              Serpula perlucida
              Serpula perversa
              Serpula planorbis
              Serpula plicatus
              Serpula polytrema
              Serpula porosa
              Serpula princeps
              Serpula quadrangula
              Serpula quinquelineata
              Serpula muricata
              Serpula protula
              Serpula recta
              Serpula regularis
              Serpula rugosa
              Serpula rugosa
              Serpula quinquecostatus
              Serpula serpentina
              Serpula (Serpula)
              Serpula solitaris
              Serpula spiralis
              Serpula (Spiramella)
                  Serpula (Spiramella) bispiralis
              Serpula spirorbis
              Serpula squamosa
              Serpula stellata
              Serpula striata
              Serpula subrotunda
              Serpula sulphurata
              Serpula teredo
              Serpula tricuspis
              Serpula uncinata
              Serpula urnae
              Serpula vermetus
              Serpula vermicalluris
              Serpula vermicularis
              Serpula vermucularis
              Serpula volvox
              Serpula zealandica
              Serpula zetlandica
              Serpula annularis
              Serpula aquaria
              Serpula sulcata
              Serpula lactea
              Serpula bicornis
              Serpula amplilobata
              Serpula nudiradiata
              Serpula granulosa
              Serpula madrigalae
              Serpula vossae
            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
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