Biodiversity
This interactive listing includes all Antarctic and Subantarctic marine invertebrate animals that are represented in the NMNH collections. As new specimens are acquired and identified, the database will be updated regularly. If the taxon you're looking for is not represented in our collections, you may be able to find it at one of the sites listed on our Additional Resources page.
To navigate the interactive tree, click the inactive node icon to expand the classification tree or the active node to contract it. You may also move your mouse over a taxon to get its description, or click it to view its description page.
The names used herein are updated as often as possible to reflect currently accepted taxonomy; if you cannot find the taxon name that you're searching for within the interactive tree, please try a keyword search. If your search term is a historic taxon name you will be directed to the taxon page where it appears in the synonymy. If you find a taxon in need of revision or updating, please contact us.
Legend
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Annelida
Phylum
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Hirudinea
Class
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Oligochaeta
Class
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Polychaeta
Class
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Acoetidae
Family
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Acrocirridae
Family
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Alciopidae
Family
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Ampharetidae
Family
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Amage
Genus
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Ampharana
Genus
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Ampharete
Genus
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Amphicteis
Genus
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Anobothrella
Genus
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Emaga
Genus
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Eusamytha
Genus
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Eusamythella
Genus
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Glyphanostomum
Genus
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Grubianella
Genus
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Melinantipoda
Genus
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Melinna
Genus
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Melinnexis
Genus
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Neosabellides
Genus
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Neosamytha
Genus
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Parampharete
Genus
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Phyllocomus
Genus
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Sosanopsis
Genus
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Weddellia
Genus
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Amphinomidae
Family
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Aphroditidae
Family
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Apistobranchidae
Family
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Arenicolidae
Family
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Capitellidae
Family
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Chaetopteridae
Family
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Chrysopetalidae
Family
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Cirratulidae
Family
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Cossuridae
Family
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Dorvilleidae
Family
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Eunicidae
Family
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Euphrosinidae
Family
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Fauveliopsidae
Family
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Flabelligeridae
Family
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Glyceridae
Family
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Goniadidae
Family
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Hesionidae
Family
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Iospilidae
Family
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Lacydoniidae
Family
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Lopadorrhynchidae
Family
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Lumbrineridae
Family
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Magelonidae
Family
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Maldanidae
Family
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Myzostomidae
Family
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Nephtyidae
Family
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Nereididae
Family
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Oenonidae
Family
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Onuphidae
Family
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Opheliidae
Family
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Orbiniidae
Family
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Oweniidae
Family
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Paraonidae
Family
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Pectinariidae
Family
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Pholoidae
Family
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Phyllodocidae
Family
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Pisionidae
Family
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Polynoidae
Family
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Pontodoridae
Family
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Sabellariidae
Family
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Sabellidae
Family
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Saccocirridae
Family
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Scalibregmatidae
Family
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Serpulidae
Family
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Sigalionidae
Family
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Sphaerodoridae
Family
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Spintheridae
Family
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Spionidae
Family
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Sternaspidae
Family
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Syllidae
Family
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Terebellidae
Family
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Tomopteridae
Family
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Trichobranchidae
Family
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Typhloscolecidae
Family
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Arthropoda
Phylum
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Bryozoa
Phylum
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Chaetognatha
Phylum
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Chordata
Phylum
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Ciliophora
Phylum
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Cnidaria
Phylum
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Ctenophora
Phylum
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Dicyemida
Phylum
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Echinodermata
Phylum
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Echiura
Phylum
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Hemichordata
Phylum
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Kinorhyncha
Phylum
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Mollusca
Phylum
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Myxozoa
Phylum
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Nematoda
Phylum
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Nemertea
Phylum
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Phoronida
Phylum
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Platyhelminthes
Phylum
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Pogonophora
Phylum
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Porifera
Phylum
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Priapulida
Phylum
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Rotifera
Phylum
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Sarcomastigophora
Phylum
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Sipuncula
Phylum
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Tardigrada
Phylum
