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Miscellaneous Lists (by
Phylum)
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Phylum |
Common Name(s) |
Number of Species |
| Porifera |
Sponges |
5,000 |
| Placazoa |
placazoans |
1 |
| Cnidaria |
Jellyfishes,
anemones & corals |
9,000 |
| Ctenophora |
Comb
jellies, sea gooseberries |
80 |
| Kinorhyncha |
Mud
dragons |
150 |
| Priapulida |
Priapus
worms |
17 |
| Loricifera |
loriciferans |
100 |
| Nematomorpha |
Horsehair
worms |
230 |
| Nematoda |
Round
worms |
20,000 |
| Onychophora |
Velvet
worms |
80 |
| Tardigrada |
Water
bears |
400 |
| Arthropoda |
Spiders,
crustaceans, insects, etc |
1,230,000+ |
Chelicerata
|
Horseshoe crabs,
spiders, mites, scorpions |
65,000
|
Pycnogonida
|
Sea spiders |
1,000
|
Crustacea
|
Lobsters, crabs,
shrimp, barnacles |
50,000
|
Myriapoda
|
Millipedes,
centipedes, etc. |
13,120
|
Insecta
|
Insects |
1,100,000+
|
| Chaetognatha |
Arrow
worms |
200 |
| Sipuncula |
Peanut
worms |
320 |
| Acanthocephala |
Spiny-headed
worms |
500 |
| Gastrotricha |
gastrotrichs |
430 |
| Rotifera |
Rotifers |
1,800 |
| Cycliophora |
cycliophores |
1 |
| Platyhelminthes |
Flatworms |
20,000 |
| Nemertea |
Ribbon
worms |
900 |
| Bryozoa |
Moss
animals |
4,150 |
| Phoronida |
Horseshoe
worms |
12 |
| Brachiopoda |
Lamp
shells |
300 |
| Mollusca |
Clams,
snails, octopi & squid |
100,000 |
Caudofoveata
|
|
70
|
Solanogastres
|
|
250
|
Polyplacophora
|
Chitons |
600
|
Monoplacophora
|
|
12
|
Scaphopoda
|
Tusk shells |
350
|
Bivalvia
|
Clams, mussels,
oysters |
8,000
|
Cephalopoda
|
Octopi, Squid,
Cuttlefish, Nautiloids, Vampire squid |
650
|
Gastropoda
|
Snails, limpets,
slugs, nudibranchs |
90,000
|
| Annelida |
Segmented
worms |
15,000 |
| Pterobranchia |
pterobranchs |
22 |
| Echinodermata |
Sea
stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers & sea lillies |
7,000 |
| Enteropneusta |
Acorn
worms |
70 |
| Chordata |
Sea
squirts, lancelets & vertebrates |
52,675 |
Urochordata
|
Sea
squirts |
1,250
|
Cephalochordata
|
Lancelets |
25
|
Vertebrata
|
Fishes,
amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals |
51,400
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GRAND TOTAL (approx) |
1,470,000
species |
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