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Homoscleromorpha

Siliceous sponges (Demospongiae)

Calcareous sponges (Calcarea)

Sea anemones, soft & cup corals, sea pens & sea pansies (Anthozoa)

White weeds, sea firs, sea beard and siphonophores; hydroids (Hydrozoa)

Jellyfish (Scyphozoa)

Stalked jellyfish (Staurozoa)

Lobed comb jellies (Nuda)

Tentacled comb jellies (Tentaculata)

Anopla

Palaeonemertea

Pilidiophora

Chitons or 'coat-of-mail' shells (Polyplacophora)

Snails, slugs & sea butterflies (Gastropoda)

Clams, cockles, mussels, oysters, and scallops (Bivalvia)

Cuttlefish, nautilus, octopus & squid (Cephalopoda)

Bristleworms, e.g. ragworms, scaleworms, paddleworms, fanworms, tubeworms and spoon worms (Polychaeta)

Earthworms, pot worms and leeches (Clitellata)

Copepods and tantulocarids (Hexanauplia)

Spring tails (Collembola)

Sea almond (armande de mer) ()

A shovelhead worm ()

Serpent star ()

Green paddle worm ()

Emerald green paddle worm ()

Bonnemaison’s hook weed ()

A green seaweed ()

Black siphon weed ()

Bushy Feather Weed ()

Mrs Griffiths’s Devon Weed ()

Under tongue weed ()

Slender wart weed ()

An encrusting red seaweed ()

Creeping straggle weed ()

Red tubeworm ()

Sinistral spiral tubeworm ()

North Sea cerianthid ()

North Sea tube anemone ()

Thick surf clam ()

Thick trough shell ()

Velvet goose barnacle ()

Leach’s squat lobster ()

Gaertner’s spoon worm ()

Thistle sponge ()

Little vase sponge ()

Crowned vase sponge ()

Purse sponge ()

Fig sponge ()

Sea orange ()

Papillate sponge ()

Nipple sponge ()

Yellow hedgehog sponge ()

Elephant ear sponge ()

Elephant hide sponge ()

Lobate fig sponge ()

Orange pipe sponge ()

Organ pipe sponge ()

Crumb-of-bread sponge ()

Shredded carrot sponge ()

Goose bump sponge ()

Goosebump sponge ()

Sulphur sponge ()

Boring sponge ()

Cored chimney sponge ()

North Atlantic cup sponge ()

Prawn cracker sponge ()

Yellow sponge ()

Crumpled duster sponge ()

Redbeard sponge ()

Purple sponge ()

Purple encrusting sponge ()

Mudflat sponge ()

Tiny risso snail ()

Sewage worm ()

River worm ()

Orange-tipped sea squirt ()

Loch Goil sea squirt ()

Leathery sea squirt ()

Colonial sea squirt ()

Creeping sea squirt ()

Yellow-ringed sea squirt ()

Sea vase ()

Fluted sea squirt ()

Lathe acteon ()

European acteon ()

Beer barrel ()

Hairy spiny doris ()

Drummond’s facelina ()

Boston facelina ()

Four-striped polycera ()

Rough doris ()

Barnacle-eating onchidoris ()

Dusky doris ()

Grey sea slug ()

Crested aeolis ()

Crystal sea slug ()

Pellucid aeolis ()

Red-gilled nudibranch ()

Pellucid aeolid ()

Milky-white sea slug ()

Slender facelina ()

Fried egg nudibranch ()

Fried egg sea slug ()

Frond aeolis ()

Bushy-backed nudibranch ()

Bushy-backed sea slug ()

Slender aeolis ()

Slender sea slug ()

White Atlantic cadlina ()

White sea slug ()

False doris ()

Yellow false doris ()

Thorny sea mat ()

Small rosy sea hare ()

Common sea hare ()

Dotted sea hare ()

Purple anemone ()

Sandy creeplet ()

Worm anemone ()

Timid burrowing anemone ()

Orange anemone ()

Scarce tube-dwelling anemone ()

Grateloup’s pimple weed ()

Clawed fork weed ()

Iridescent drachiella ()

Fine-veined crinkle weed ()

Iridescent cartilage weed ()

Creeping chain weed ()

Bornet’s coral weed ()

Black scour weed ()

Beautiful fan weed ()

Wrack siphon weed ()

Discoid fork weed ()

Soft feather weed ()

Cartilaginous cock’s comb ()

Sandy leaf bearer ()

Northern tooth weed ()

Winged weed ()

Siphoned feather weed ()

Sand binder ()

Cleaved wart weed ()

Sword razor ()

Narrow jackknife clam ()

Common razor clam ()

Common razor shell ()

Transparent razor shell ()

Rockpool prawn ()

Mud dwelling amphipod ()

European mud scud ()

Marbled rock crab ()

Common keyhole limpet ()

Plume hydroid ()

Plumed hydroid ()

Plumed sea fir ()

Freshwater hydroid ()

Ponto-Caspian freshwater hydroid ()

Nodding hydroid ()

Nodding sea fir ()

Minute hydroid ()

Minute garland hydroid ()

Garland hydroid ()

Garland sea fir ()

Snail fur ()

Hermit crab hydroid ()

Hermit crab fur ()

Fine feather hydroid ()

Fine feather sea fir ()

Branched sea beard ()

Branched antenna hydroid ()

Branched antenna sea fir ()

Double-toothed hydroid ()

Double-toothed sea fir ()

Thin-walled obelia ()

Sea tamarisk ()

Brackish sea fir ()

Common elongated horseshoe worm ()

White horseshoe worm ()

South-claw hermit crab ()

Roux’s hermit crab ()

Mediterranean rocky shore crab ()

Mediterranean intertidal hermit crab ()

Soldier hermit crab ()

Soldier crab ()

Large hermit crab ()

Bernhard's hermit crab ()

Smaller hermit crab ()

Prideaux's hermit crab ()

Batters’ green branched weed ()

Silky thread weed ()

Common green branched weed ()

Doubled ribbon weed ()

Hen pen ()

Rocky shore goose barnacle ()

Open simnia ()

Lacy tubeworm ()

Red cushion star ()

Melon jellyfish ()

Melon comb jelly ()

Common northern comb jelly ()

Oval cockle ()

Bristly mail chiton ()

Bristly mail shell ()

Lined red chiton ()

Mottled red chiton ()

Mottled red mail shell ()

Feather bryozoan ()

Sea fern weed ()

Two-headed wrack ()

Netted wing weed ()

Brown tuning fork weed ()

Brown forking weed ()

Armoured bristleworm ()

Smooth tubeworm ()

Northern cirratule ()

Red threads ()

Velvety mail chiton ()

Velvety mail shell ()

Shiny abra ()

Glossy furrow shell ()

Narrow-hinge astarte ()

Rusty Montagu shell ()

Elliptical trough shell ()

Elliptical surf clam ()

Sulcate nut clam ()

Furrowed nut clam ()

Shiny nut clam ()

Bidentate montacutid ()

Two-toothed Montagu shell ()

Furrowed astarte ()

Granular isopod ()

Baltic isopod ()

Honeycomb sponge ()

Crater sponge ()

Great screw shell ()

Common turret snail ()

Common tower shell ()

Common screw shell ()

Mottled tube-maker ()

Big-eyed amphipod ()

Common rock barnacle ()

New Zealand barnacle ()

Modest barnacle ()

Perforated barnacle ()

Crenate barnacle ()

Wrinkled barnacle ()

Rough barnacle ()

Neptune pant ()

Northern stone crab ()

Squirrel's tail hydroid ()

Glassy plume hydroid ()

Seven-rayed scallop ()

Elegant sea anemone ()

Sea fan sea slug ()

Spear nut clam ()

Little nut clam ()

Smooth nut clam ()

A bivalve mollusc ()

Elongated furrow shell ()

Triangular astarte ()

A sea squirt ()

A sponge ()

A hydroid ()

Hooded seal ()

Brown trout ()

Sea unicorn ()

Narwhal ()

Barrel jellyfish ()

Dustbin lid jellyfish ()

Trumpet anemone ()

Northern feather star ()

Pink plates ()

Burrowing anemone ()

A sea slater ()

Red ripple bryozoan ()

Rock lobster ()

Crayfish ()

Crawfish ()

Morgath ddu ()

Common stingray ()

Frilled shark ()

Gas-mantle ascidian ()

Encrusting bryozoan ()

Spotted Ray ()

Veined squid ()

Atlantic torpedo ray ()

European sturgeon ()

Blonde ray ()

Ear-shaped shell ()

Volcano worm ()

Eurasian river otter ()

A sea mat ()

Turban top shell ()

European oyster ()

Flat oyster ()

Ocean quahog ()

common sole ()

black sole ()

Dover sole ()

White furrow shell ()

Short-spined sea scorpion ()

A sea anemone ()

A sand hopper ()

A bryozoan ()

The carpet sea squirt ()

Wart barnacle ()

Auger shell ()

A sea slug ()

Cornish sucker ()

A barnacle ()

A peanut worm ()

Bunny-eared bead-weed ()

A bristleworm ()

Bloody ribbon worm ()

Golden kelp ()

A sea fir ()

A horseshoe worm ()

A 'coat of mail' shell ()

Twin fanworm ()

Small brittlestar ()

Rosy feather star ()

Common skate ()

A gammarid shrimp ()

A sand digger shrimp ()

Spiders, pseudoscorpions, and mites (Arachnida)

Sea spiders (Pycnogonida)

Crabs, lobsters, sand hoppers and sea slaters (Malacostraca)

Centipedes (Chilopoda)

Insects (Insecta)

Craniata

Rhynchonellata

Brittlestars (Ophiuroidea)

Feather stars and sea lilies (Crinoidea)

Starfish (Asteroidea)

Sea urchins, heart urchins and sand dollars (Echinoidea)

Sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea)

Lampreys (Petromyzonti)

Sea almond (armande de mer) ()

A shovelhead worm ()

Serpent star ()

Green paddle worm ()

Emerald green paddle worm ()

Bonnemaison’s hook weed ()

A green seaweed ()

Black siphon weed ()

Bushy Feather Weed ()

Mrs Griffiths’s Devon Weed ()

Under tongue weed ()

Slender wart weed ()

An encrusting red seaweed ()

Creeping straggle weed ()

Red tubeworm ()

Sinistral spiral tubeworm ()

North Sea cerianthid ()

North Sea tube anemone ()

Thick surf clam ()

Thick trough shell ()

Velvet goose barnacle ()

Leach’s squat lobster ()

Gaertner’s spoon worm ()

Thistle sponge ()

Little vase sponge ()

Crowned vase sponge ()

Purse sponge ()

Fig sponge ()

Sea orange ()

Papillate sponge ()

Nipple sponge ()

Yellow hedgehog sponge ()

Elephant ear sponge ()

Elephant hide sponge ()

Lobate fig sponge ()

Orange pipe sponge ()

Organ pipe sponge ()

Crumb-of-bread sponge ()

Shredded carrot sponge ()

Goose bump sponge ()

Goosebump sponge ()

Sulphur sponge ()

Boring sponge ()

Cored chimney sponge ()

North Atlantic cup sponge ()

Prawn cracker sponge ()

Yellow sponge ()

Crumpled duster sponge ()

Redbeard sponge ()

Purple sponge ()

Purple encrusting sponge ()

Mudflat sponge ()

Tiny risso snail ()

Sewage worm ()

River worm ()

Orange-tipped sea squirt ()

Loch Goil sea squirt ()

Leathery sea squirt ()

Colonial sea squirt ()

Creeping sea squirt ()

Yellow-ringed sea squirt ()

Sea vase ()

Fluted sea squirt ()

Lathe acteon ()

European acteon ()

Beer barrel ()

Hairy spiny doris ()

Drummond’s facelina ()

Boston facelina ()

Four-striped polycera ()

Rough doris ()

Barnacle-eating onchidoris ()

Dusky doris ()

Grey sea slug ()

Crested aeolis ()

Crystal sea slug ()

Pellucid aeolis ()

Red-gilled nudibranch ()

Pellucid aeolid ()

Milky-white sea slug ()

Slender facelina ()

Fried egg nudibranch ()

Fried egg sea slug ()

Frond aeolis ()

Bushy-backed nudibranch ()

Bushy-backed sea slug ()

Slender aeolis ()

Slender sea slug ()

White Atlantic cadlina ()

White sea slug ()

False doris ()

Yellow false doris ()

Thorny sea mat ()

Small rosy sea hare ()

Common sea hare ()

Dotted sea hare ()

Purple anemone ()

Sandy creeplet ()

Worm anemone ()

Timid burrowing anemone ()

Orange anemone ()

Scarce tube-dwelling anemone ()

Grateloup’s pimple weed ()

Clawed fork weed ()

Iridescent drachiella ()

Fine-veined crinkle weed ()

Iridescent cartilage weed ()

Creeping chain weed ()

Bornet’s coral weed ()

Black scour weed ()

Beautiful fan weed ()

Wrack siphon weed ()

Discoid fork weed ()

Soft feather weed ()

Cartilaginous cock’s comb ()

Sandy leaf bearer ()

Northern tooth weed ()

Winged weed ()

Siphoned feather weed ()

Sand binder ()

Cleaved wart weed ()

Sword razor ()

Narrow jackknife clam ()

Common razor clam ()

Common razor shell ()

Transparent razor shell ()

Rockpool prawn ()

Mud dwelling amphipod ()

European mud scud ()

Marbled rock crab ()

Common keyhole limpet ()

Plume hydroid ()

Plumed hydroid ()

Plumed sea fir ()

Freshwater hydroid ()

Ponto-Caspian freshwater hydroid ()

Nodding hydroid ()

Nodding sea fir ()

Minute hydroid ()

Minute garland hydroid ()

Garland hydroid ()

Garland sea fir ()

Snail fur ()

Hermit crab hydroid ()

Hermit crab fur ()

Fine feather hydroid ()

Fine feather sea fir ()

Branched sea beard ()

Branched antenna hydroid ()

Branched antenna sea fir ()

Double-toothed hydroid ()

Double-toothed sea fir ()

Thin-walled obelia ()

Sea tamarisk ()

Brackish sea fir ()

Common elongated horseshoe worm ()

White horseshoe worm ()

South-claw hermit crab ()

Roux’s hermit crab ()

Mediterranean rocky shore crab ()

Mediterranean intertidal hermit crab ()

Soldier hermit crab ()

Soldier crab ()

Large hermit crab ()

Bernhard's hermit crab ()

Smaller hermit crab ()

Prideaux's hermit crab ()

Batters’ green branched weed ()

Silky thread weed ()

Common green branched weed ()

Doubled ribbon weed ()

Hen pen ()

Rocky shore goose barnacle ()

Open simnia ()

Lacy tubeworm ()

Red cushion star ()

Melon jellyfish ()

Melon comb jelly ()

Common northern comb jelly ()

Oval cockle ()

Bristly mail chiton ()

Bristly mail shell ()

Lined red chiton ()

Mottled red chiton ()

Mottled red mail shell ()

Feather bryozoan ()

Sea fern weed ()

Two-headed wrack ()

Netted wing weed ()

Brown tuning fork weed ()

Brown forking weed ()

Armoured bristleworm ()

Smooth tubeworm ()

Northern cirratule ()

Red threads ()

Velvety mail chiton ()

Velvety mail shell ()

Shiny abra ()

Glossy furrow shell ()

Narrow-hinge astarte ()

Rusty Montagu shell ()

Elliptical trough shell ()

Elliptical surf clam ()

Sulcate nut clam ()

Furrowed nut clam ()

Shiny nut clam ()

Bidentate montacutid ()

Two-toothed Montagu shell ()

Furrowed astarte ()

Granular isopod ()

Baltic isopod ()

Honeycomb sponge ()

Crater sponge ()

Great screw shell ()

Common turret snail ()

Common tower shell ()

Common screw shell ()

Mottled tube-maker ()

Big-eyed amphipod ()

Common rock barnacle ()

New Zealand barnacle ()

Modest barnacle ()

Perforated barnacle ()

Crenate barnacle ()

Wrinkled barnacle ()

Rough barnacle ()

Neptune pant ()

Northern stone crab ()

Squirrel's tail hydroid ()

Glassy plume hydroid ()

Seven-rayed scallop ()

Elegant sea anemone ()

Sea fan sea slug ()

Spear nut clam ()

Little nut clam ()

Smooth nut clam ()

A bivalve mollusc ()

Elongated furrow shell ()

Triangular astarte ()

A sea squirt ()

A sponge ()

A hydroid ()

Hooded seal ()

Brown trout ()

Sea unicorn ()

Narwhal ()

Barrel jellyfish ()

Dustbin lid jellyfish ()

Trumpet anemone ()

Northern feather star ()

Pink plates ()

Burrowing anemone ()

A sea slater ()

Red ripple bryozoan ()

Rock lobster ()

Crayfish ()

Crawfish ()

Morgath ddu ()

Common stingray ()

Frilled shark ()

Gas-mantle ascidian ()

Encrusting bryozoan ()

Spotted Ray ()

Veined squid ()

Atlantic torpedo ray ()

European sturgeon ()

Blonde ray ()

Ear-shaped shell ()

Volcano worm ()

Eurasian river otter ()

A sea mat ()

Turban top shell ()

European oyster ()

Flat oyster ()

Ocean quahog ()

common sole ()

black sole ()

Dover sole ()

White furrow shell ()

Short-spined sea scorpion ()

A sea anemone ()

A sand hopper ()

A bryozoan ()

The carpet sea squirt ()

Wart barnacle ()

Auger shell ()

A sea slug ()

Cornish sucker ()

A barnacle ()

A peanut worm ()

Bunny-eared bead-weed ()

A bristleworm ()

Bloody ribbon worm ()

Golden kelp ()

A sea fir ()

A horseshoe worm ()

A 'coat of mail' shell ()

Twin fanworm ()

Small brittlestar ()

Rosy feather star ()

Common skate ()

A gammarid shrimp ()

A sand digger shrimp ()

Lancelets (Leptocardii)

Sea squirts (Ascidiacea)

Hag fish (Myxini)

Sharks, rays and skates (Elasmobranchii)

Ray-finned fish, e.g. sturgeon, eels, fin fish, gobies, blennies, and seahorses (Actinopterygii)

Reptiles, e.g. turtles and crocodiles (Reptilia)

Seals, walrus, dolphin and whales (Mammalia)

Florideophyceae

Bangiophyceae

Ulvophyceae

Trebouxiophyceae

Lichinomycetes

Eurotiomycetes

Lecanoromycetes