Click on each of the taxa to proceed to the detailed lists for each group. NI indicates that there was no species specific information available for this group in the literature at the time of writing. This list should be cited as: Lee, M.R., Clarke, M., Fernandez, M.E., Gonzalez, C., Rozbaczylo, N., Valdovinos, C., Hermosilla, C., Prado, L. & Castilla, J.C., (2008) Diversity of free-living benthic marine invertebrates in Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 81:51-67.
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Group
|
Number of species
|
|
Placozoa
|
NI
|
|
273
|
|
|
206
|
|
|
Gastrotricha
|
NI
|
|
1
|
|
|
Gnathostomulida
|
NI
|
|
Cycliophora
|
NI
|
|
42
|
|
|
600
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
387
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
973
|
|
|
57
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
20
|
|
|
Collembola
|
NI
|
|
11
|
|
|
1219
|
|
|
178
|
|
|
Tardigrada
|
NI
|
|
326
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
Loricifera
|
NI
|
|
4
|
|
|
142
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
55
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
4553
|