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Kingdom | Phylum or Class | Class or [NAME] | Order or Family | Australian known marine species (est.)  **see next column for sources, etc.** | Source(s) / comments | Total species in AFD+CAAB+OBIS+OZCAM (7/10/2009) Totals for higher taxa are in bold. | State of Knowledge | No. endemic species | Australian unknown species (est.) | No. introduced spp | No. taxonomic experts (from ABRS survey - not all marine) | No. identification guides. (Counts from Appendix D only).
Fauna & flora - general ID Guides |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7
Zooplankton, broad |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
[NAME]
 | Chordata |  |  |  |  | 6328
 | Vertebrata |  |  |  |  | 5449
 |  | Mammalia |  | 59 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 59 | 5 |  | very few 0? |  | 3 | 1
 |  |  | Cetacea | 46 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 46 | 5
 |  |  | Carnivora | 12 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 12 | 5
 |  |  | Sirenia | 1 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 1 | 5
 |  | Aves |  | 155 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 158 | 5 |  | very few. 0? |  | 4 | 2
 |  | Reptilia |  | 42 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 48 | 5 |  | very few. |  | 4 | 1
 |  |  | Testudines | 6 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 7 | 5 |  | 0
 |  |  | Crocodylia | 1 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 1 | 5 |  | 0
 |  |  | Sauria | 0 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 0 | 5
 |  |  | Serpentes | 35 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 40 | 5 |  | very few
 |  | Pisces |  | 5328 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 5184 | 5 | 0.25 | 800 |  | 18 | 17
 |  | Agnatha |  | 4 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 4 | 5 | 0.6
 |  |  | [NAME] | 2 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 2 | 5
 |  |  | Cephalaspidomorphi | 2 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 2 | 5
 |  | Elasmobranchii |  | 355 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 353 | 5
 |  | [NAME] (Chimaeriformes) |  | 16 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 20 | 5
 |  | Actinopterygii |  | 4949 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 4807 | 5 |  |  | 12
 | Tunicata (Urochordata) |  |  | 849 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 866 | 5 | 0.5 |  |  | 1 | 2
 |  | Ascidiacea |  | 800 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 816 | 5 |  |  | 2
 |  | Thaliacea |  | 28 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 29 | 5
 |  | Larvacea (Appendicularia) |  | 21 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 21 | 5
 | Cephalochordata |  |  | 8 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 13 | 3 | 0.5 |  |  | 0
 | Cephalorhyncha |  |  |  |  | 0 | 1
 |  | [NAME] |  | 4 | value from Chapman [45]; probably can update value for this report when sources checked. | 0 | 1
 |  | Priapulida |  | 2 | value from Chapman [45]; probably can update value for this report when sources checked. | 0 | 1
 | Mesozoa | [NAME], Rhomobozoa, Monoblastozoa |  | ? | Chapman [45] cites a figure of 100 (ex ABRS) for mesozoa Australia, but this is almost certainly too high | 0 | 2 | unkonwn | unknown
 |  | Orthonectida |  | ? | Chapman [45] cites a figure of 100 (ex ABRS) for mesozoa Australia, but this is almost certainly too high | 0 | 1
 | Echinodermata |  |  | 1481 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 1594 | 5 | 0.31 | 500 |  | 4 | 2
 |  | Crinoidea |  |  |  | 171 | 4
 |  | Asteroidea |  |  |  | 404 | 5 |  |  | 3
 |  | Ophiuroidea |  |  |  | 451 | 5
 |  | Echinoidea |  |  |  | 244 | 4
 |  | Holothuroidea |  |  |  | 319 | 4
 | Hemichordata |  |  | 17 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 17 | 3 | 0.25 | 5 |  | 0 | 1
 | [NAME] |  |  | 0 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 0 | 1
 | Platyhelminthes |  |  | 1200 | based on 1,593 in Chapman [45] x est. c.75% marine | 536 | 3 | unknown | 3000 |  | 4 | 1
 |  | Cestoda |  |  |  | 435 | 3
 |  | [NAME] |  |  |  | 91 | 3 |  |  | 1
 |  | Digenea |  |  |  | 4 | 3
 |  | Monogenea |  |  |  | 6 | 3
 |  | [NAME] |  |  |  | 0 | 1
 | Acanthocephala |  |  | 56 | value from Chapman [45] | 1 | 2 | unknown | unknown
 | Rotifera (Rotatoria) |  |  | 14 | based on 683 in Chapman [45] x est. 2% marine | 1 | 2 |  |  |  | For all "Asc- helminth" groups - 4
 | Nematomorpha |  |  | 1 | based on 32 in Chapman [45] x est. 2% marine | 0 | 1
 | Nematoda |  |  | 1000 | based on 2,060 in Chapman [45] x c. 50% marine | 324 | 3 | unknown | 30000
 | [NAME] |  |  | 8 | value from Chapman [45] | 1 | 3
 | Tardigrada |  |  | 20 | based on 112 in Chapman [45] x c. 20% marine | 0 | 1
 | Arthropoda |  |  |  |  | 6668
 | Hexapoda | Insecta, Entognatha |  | 5 | 3 spp. reported by Cheng & Schmitt, 1982, possibly a few others | 24 | 1 |  |  |  | 27 | 1
 | Myriapoda (including Diplopoda, [NAME]) |  |  | 0 | all terrestrial | 2 | 1
 | Chelicerata |  |  |  |  | 277 | 4
 | Chelicerata: [NAME] |  |  | 319 | sum of relevant values below | 61 | 4 |  |  |  | "other arthropods" 17
 |  | Acarina |  |  |  | 56
 |  |  | Halacaridae | 104 | Value from AFD online | 55 | 4
 |  | [NAME] |  | 215 | value from Chapman [45] | 216 | 4 | 0.5 | many more |  |  | 1
 |  | Merostomata (Limulidae) |  | 0 | none in Australia | 0 | 1
 | Crustacea |  |  | 6775 | based on 7,130 in Chapman [45] x c. 95% marine | 6365 | 5 | 0.3 | 2500 |  | 16 | 5
 | [NAME]: Maxillopoda |  |  |  |  | 459
 |  | [NAME] |  | 10 | based on global estimate 200 x Australia say 10% x marine say 50% | 0
 |  | Thecostraca (including Cirripedia) |  | 130 | based on global estimate 1,300 x Australia say 10% | 141 | 4 |  |  | 7
 |  |  | Ascothoracida | 10 | based on global estimate 100 x Australia say 10% | 1 | 1
 |  |  | Rhizocephala |  |  | 8 | 1
 |  |  | Acrothoracica + Thoracica |  |  | 128 | 4
 |  | Copepoda |  | 1000 | based on global 13,000 known species x 80% marine x 10% Australian | 316 | 4
 |  | [NAME] |  | 1 | based on global 12 marine species x Australia est. 10% | 0 | 1
 |  | [NAME] |  | 1300 | based on global 6,400 marine species x Australia est. 20% | 300 | 3
 |  | Tantulocarida |  | 3 | based on global 30 marine species x Australia est. 10% | 0 | 1
 |  | Facetotecta |  | 0 | [NAME]. globally, not known from Australia | 0 | 1
 |  | Pentastomida |  | 10 | value from Chapman [45] | 0 | 1
 | Crustacea: Malacostraca |  |  | 4381 | sum of relevant values below (NB - discrepancy with observed value at this point - to chase further) | 5487 | 5 |  |  | 17
 |  | Stomatopoda |  | 146 | value from AFD, June 2009 | 164 | 5
 |  | [NAME] |  | 888 | value from AFD, June 2009 | 1071 | 5
 |  | Cumacea |  | 228 | value from AFD, June 2009 | 268 | 5
 |  | [NAME] |  | 850 | value from AFD, June 2009 | 965 | 5
 |  | Mictacea |  | 1 | value from AFD, June 2009 | 1 | 5
 |  | Mysida |  | 144 | value from AFD, June 2009 | 149 | 5
 |  | Lophogastrida |  | 3 | value from AFD, June 2009; NB suborder of Mysida | 13 | 5
 |  | Tanaidacea |  | 38 | value from AFD, June 2009 | 80 | 5
 |  | Thermosbaenacea |  | 1 | value from AFD, June 2009 | 0 | 1
 |  | Euphausiacea |  | 53 | value from AFD, June 2009 | 53 | 5
 |  | Amphionidacea |  | 1 | value from AFD, June 2009 | 1 | 5
 |  | Decapoda |  | 2082 | sum of relevant values below | 2714 | 5
 |  |  | Dendrobranchiata | 148 | value from AFD, June 2009 | 193 | 5
 |  |  | Stenopodidea | 6 | value from AFD, June 2009 | 9 | 5
 |  |  | Caridea | 603 | value from AFD, June 2009 | 698 | 5
 |  |  | Astacidea + Palinura | 66 | value from AFD, June 2009 | 80 | 5
 |  |  | Thalassinidea | 80 | value from AFD, June 2009 | 97 | 5
 |  |  | Anomura | 268 | value from AFD, June 2009; includes Hippoidea, Pagurida | 455 | 5
 |  |  | Brachyura | 911 | value from AFD, June 2009 | 1156 | 5
 | Crustacea: Branchiopoda (Cladocera) |  |  | 2 | based on global total 900 x marine 1% x [NAME]. 20% | 118 | 5
 | Crustacea: [NAME] |  |  | 2 | based on global total 9 x Austr. 20% | 0
 | [NAME]: [NAME] |  |  | 3 | based on global total 17 x Austr. 20% | 1 | 2
 | Crustacea: Leptostraca |  |  | 8 | based on global total 40 x Austr. 20% | 6 | 4
 | [NAME] |  |  | 19 | value from Chapman [45] | 2 | 2
 | Nemertea |  |  | 81 | value from Chapman [45] | 72 | 4 | 0.65 | 200 |  |  | 1
 | [NAME] |  |  | 1240 | sum of values below | 1558 | 4 | 50%? | 1200 |  | 14 | 2
 |  | [NAME] |  | 13 | value from Chapman [45] | 13 | 5
 |  | Hirudinea |  | 5 | based on 49 in Chapman [45] x 10% marine | 24 | 2
 |  | Oligochaeta |  | 2 | based on 962 in Chapman [45] x 0.2% marine | 91 | 3
 |  | Polychaeta |  | 1120 | based on 1139 in Chapman [45] x 98% marine | 1430 | 5 |  |  | 10
 | [NAME] |  |  | 48 | value from Chapman [45] | 57 | 5 |  |  |  |  | 1
 | Phoronida |  |  | 6 | value from Chapman [45] | 8 | 5 |  |  |  |  | 1
 | Brachiopoda |  |  | 58 | value from Chapman [45] | 73 | 5 |  |  |  |  | 1
 | Mollusca |  |  | 5200 | based on 8700 in Chapman [45] x 60% marine. But figures below total 17,157 | 8525 | 5 | 0.38 | 3500 |  | 13 | 7
 |  | Aplacophora (Caudofoveata - Chaetodermomorpha) |  | 6 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 6 | 5
 |  | Aplacophora ([NAME]) |  | 6 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 6 | 5
 |  | Polyplacophora |  | 174 | as per AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 242 | 5 |  |  | 1
 |  | [NAME] |  | 0 | c. 30 global species known, none yet from Australia | 0 | 1
 |  | Gastropoda |  | 11200 | based on global total 70,000 x marine 80% x Austr. 20% | 6041 | 5 |  |  | 8
 |  |  | Prosobranchia = Eogastropoda and Orthogastropoda |  |  | 4624
 |  |  | Opisthobranchia |  |  | 578
 |  |  | Gymnomorpha
 |  |  | Pulmonata |  |  | 609
 |  | Cephalopoda |  | 242 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 250 | 5
 |  | Bivalvia |  | 5400 | based on global total 30,000 x marine 90% x Austr. 20% | 1837 | 4 |  |  | 11
 |  | Scaphopoda |  | 129 | AFD/CAAB/OBIS | 137 | 5
 | Gnathostomulida |  |  | 8 | value from Chapman [45] | 0 | 1
 | [NAME] |  |  | 45 | value from Chapman [45] | 0 | 1
 | Cycliophora |  |  | 0 | value from Chapman [45] | 0 | 1
 | Entoprocta (Kamptozoa) |  |  | 16 | value from Chapman [45] | 16 | 4 | 0.87 | many |  |  | 1
 | Bryozoa (Ectoprocta) |  |  | 1000 | value from Chapman [45] | 1062 | 4 |  |  |  |  | 1
 |  | Gymnolaemata |  |  |  | 990 |  |  |  | 22
 |  | Stenolaemata |  |  |  | 71
 | Placozoa |  |  | 1 | 1 species, reportedly also known from Australia (Great Barrier Reef) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
 | Ctenophora |  |  | 10 | value from Chapman [45] | 7 | 3 |  | 55
 | Cnidaria (Coelenterates) |  |  | 1705 | value from Chapman [45] | 1754 | 4 | unknown | 725 |  | 5
 |  | Anthozoa: Hexacorallia |  | 1043 |  | 1036 | 5
 |  |  | Actiniaria |  |  | 111 | 5
 |  |  | Antipatharia |  |  | 21 | 4
 |  |  | [NAME] |  |  | 1 | 4
 |  |  | Corallimorpharia |  |  | 8 | 4
 |  |  | Zooanthidea |  |  | 29 | 4
 |  |  | Scleractinia |  |  | 866 | 5
 |  | Anthozoa: Octocorallia |  |  |  | 208 | 5
 |  |  | Alcyonacea |  |  | 86 | 5
 |  |  | Gorgonacea |  |  | 101 | 5
 |  |  | Pennatulacea |  |  | 11 | 4
 |  |  | Helioporacea |  |  | 1
 |  |  | Stolonifera |  |  | 9
 |  |  | Telestacea |  |  | 0
 |  | Cubozoa |  | 9 |  | 12 | 4
 |  | Hydrozoa |  | 600 |  | 463 | 4 |  |  | 10
 |  | Siphonophora |  |  |  | 5 | 4
 |  | Scyphozoa |  | 51 |  | 21 | 4
 | Myxozoa |  |  |  |  | 0 | 1
 | Porifera |  |  | 1476 | value from Chapman [45] | 1701 | 4 | 0.56 | 2000 |  | 3 | 1
 |  | Hexactinellida |  |  |  | 43
 |  | Calcarea |  |  |  | 186
 |  | Demospongiae |  |  |  | 1472 |  |  |  | 4
 |  | Sclerospongae |  |  |  | 0
[NAME] |  |  |  |  |  | 0
 |  |  | Lichens | 0 | none truly marine (except spalsh zone) | 0 |  |  |  |  | 2
 |  |  | Other [NAME] | 10 | a few marine forms, guesstimate for [NAME]. | 0 |  |  |  |  | 10
Protoctista (Protozoa) |  |  |  |  |  | 645 |  |  |  |  | 3 | 1
 | Foraminifera | [NAME] | 80% are fossils | 1000 | based on global total 5000 (cf. >13,500 in Chapman) x [NAME]. 20% | 120 | 3
 | Dinoflagellata |  |  | 400 | based on global total 4000 x Austr. 20% x marine 50% | 286 | 4 |  |  | 2
 | Euglenophyta |  |  | 10 | based on global total 1000 x Austr. 20% x marine 5% (NB cited value at right may not be all marine) | 64 | 2
 | Sporozoa (Apicomplexa) |  |  | 80 | based on global total 4000 (guesstimate) x [NAME]. 20% x marine 10% | 1 | 1
 | Ciliophora |  | free living | 40 | based on global total 10000 x [NAME]. 20% x marine 2% | 4 | 2
 | Heliozoa |  | free living | 0 | none marine (?) | 0 | 1
 | Acantharea, Radiozoa (Radiolaria) | Polycystina, Phaeodarea | free living | 800 | based on global total 4000 x Austr. 20% | 35 | 2
 | Xenophyophora |  |  | 8 | based on global total 40 x Austr. 20% | 0 | 1
 | Zoomastigota | Choanoflagellida |  | 12 | based on global total 125 x Austr. 20% x marine 50% | 51
Chromista |  |  |  |  |  | 619 |  |  |  |  |  | 1
 | Cryptophyta | [NAME] | free living | 25 | based on 50 in Chapman [45], x c. 50% marine | 4 | 2
 | [NAME] (Bicosoecida Grasse, 1926) |  | free living | 6 | based on global total 60 (guesstimate) x [NAME]. 20% x marine 50% | 11 | 4
 | [NAME] |  |  |  |  | 1
 |  | Labyrinthulidae |  | 1 | based on global total (8) given in Parker, 1982, x 90% marine x 20% Austr. | 0 | 1
 |  | Thraustochytrids |  | 6 | based on global total (28) given in Parker, 1982, x 20% Austr. | 0
 | Heterokontophyta |  |  |  |  | 480 | 4
 |  | Chrysophyceae |  | 5 | as per CAAB (most nonmarine) | 8 | 4
 |  | Xanthophyceae |  | 4 | as per CAAB (most nonmarine) | 4 | 5 |  |  | 1
 |  | Phaeophyceae |  | 312 | value from Chapman [45] | 325 | 5 |  |  | 6
 |  | [NAME] | free living (+15,000 fossil) | 3000 | based on global total in [NAME] (20,000) x 30% (Australia) x 50% (marine) | 141 | 2
 |  | Raphidophyceae |  | 5 | based on global total in [NAME] (23) x 40% (Australia) x 50% (marine) | 0 | 1
 | Bigyromonada |  |  | 0 | 1(?) species known, not in Austr. | 1 | 1
 | Marine fungi |  |  |  |  | 0 | 1
 |  | Oomycota ([NAME]) |  | 60 | based on global total in [NAME] (950) x 20% (Australia) x 30% (marine) | 0 | 1
 | Opalinata |  |  | 8 | based on median global total in [NAME] (200) x 20% (Australia) x 20% (marine) | 4 | 2
 | Haptophyta |  | free living (+1,000 fossil) | 159 | value from Chapman [45], all or almost all marine | 119 | 4
Plantae | Angiospermae |  |  | 75 | value from CAAB | 75 | 5 |  |  |  | "algae" 8 | 5
 |  | Mangroves |  | 35 | value from CAAB | 36 | 5
 |  | Seagrasses |  | 40 | value from CAAB | 39 | 5
 | [NAME] (Glaucocystophyta) | [NAME] (Glaucocystophyceae) |  | 0 | none marine | 0
 | Cyanidiophyta | Cyanidiophyceae |  | 0 | none marine | 0
 | [NAME] | Rhodophyceae |  | 1080 | based on c.1100 in Chapman [45] x 98% marine | 966 | 4 |  |  | 10
 | [NAME] |  |  | 780 | median value from Chapman [45], appears not including FW orders | 279 | 4 |  |  | 2
 | Charophyta |  |  | 1 | 1 genus (Lamprothamnium) found in brackish water, present in Australia (various refs.) | 1 | 5
 | Chlorarachniophyta |  |  | 5 | Small marine group, cited in Mcfadden (2007) but without exact figure for [NAME]. (quoted value is a guesstimate) | 0 | 1
Procaryotes |  |  | most marine |  |  | 9 | 2
 | Cyanobacteria |  |  | 8 | based on CAAB, poss. underestimate, but few marine spp. | 9 | 2
 | Bacteria (Monera) - excluding Cyanobacteria (Cyanophyta) |  |  | 150 | based on global value (7500) in Chapman, x 20% (Aust.), x 10% marine | 0 | 2
 | Archaea |  |  | 12 | based on global value (100), x 20% (Aust.), x 60% marine | 0 | 2
Viruses |  |  |  | 30 | based on value (300) in Chapman, x 10% marine | 0 | 1
Total |  |  |  | 50043 |  | 32897 |  |  |  | 129
Total Animalia |  |  |  | 47902 |  | 30303 |  |  |  | 108