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The taxonomy here displays all parent and child nodes of the taxonomy that are tagged as accepted or synonymised. Only species tagged as marine are shown (so you may find some parent nodes with no species within them).

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Animalia
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    Crustacea
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              Caprellidea
              Gammaridea
                Gammarida
                  Acanthonotozomatidae
                  Amathillopsidae
                  Ampeliscidae
                  Amphilochidae
                  Anisogammaridae
                  Argissidae
                  Astyridae
                  Biancolinidae
                  Bogidiellidae
                  Carangoliopsidae
                  Cheluridae
                  Colomastigidae
                  Cressidae
                  Dexaminidae
                  Epimeriidae
                  Gammaracanthidae
                  Gammaridae
                  Haustoriidae
                  Hyperiopsidae
                  Iphimediidae
                  Lafystiidae
                  Laphystiopsidae
                  Lepechinellidae
                  Leucothoidae
                  Liljeborgiidae
                  Megaluropidae
                  Melitidae
                  Melphidippidae
                  Odiidae
                  Oedicerotidae
                  Pardaliscidae
                  Phoxocephalidae
                  Pleustidae
                  Pontoporeiidae
                  Sebidae
                  Stegocephalidae
                  Stenothoidae
                  Synopiidae
                  Urothoidae
                  Valettiidae
                  Atylidae
                  Tironidae
                  Bateidae
                  Clarenciidae
                  Lysianassoidea
                    Lysianassidae
                      Alibrotus
                      Ambasia
                      Ambasiella
                      Annoyx
                      Boeckosimus
                      Callisoma
                      Guerina
                      Hirondella
                      Hoplonx
                      Katius
                      Lysianax
                      Martensia
                      Paronesimus
                      Prachynella
                      Trischizostoma
                      Hoplonyx
                      Tryphosinae
                          Centromedon
                          Coximedon
                          Gronella
                          Hippomedon
                          Lepidepecreum
                          Metambasia
                          Onesimoides
                          Orchomene
                          Orchomenella
                          Paracentromedon
                          Paratryphosites
                          Rhinolabia
                          Schisturella
                          Tryphosa
                          Tryphosella
                            Tryphosella abyssalis
                            Tryphosella angulata
                            Tryphosella barentsi
                            Tryphosella biloba
                            Tryphosella caecula
                            Tryphosella compressa
                            Tryphosella dilatata
                            Tryphosella gracilipes
                            Tryphosella gradimana
                            Tryphosella horingi
                            Tryphosella insignioides
                            Tryphosella laevis
                            Tryphosella longichela
                            Tryphosella longidactyla
                            Tryphosella minima
                            Tryphosella nanoides
                            Tryphosella orchomenoides
                            Tryphosella oxystoma
                            Tryphosella propinqua
                            Tryphosella pusilla
                            Tryphosella rotundata
                            Tryphosella rusanovi
                            Tryphosella sarsi
                            Tryphosella schneideri
                            Tryphosella simillima
                            Tryphosella spitzbergensis
                            Tryphosella triangula
                            Tryphosella trionyx
                            Tryphosella tuberculimana
                            Tryphosella insignis
                            Tryphosella marri
                            Tryphosella triangularis
                            Tryphosella serans
                            Tryphosella castellata
                            Tryphosella murrayi
                            Tryphosella cicadopsis
                            Tryphosella longiseta
                            Tryphosella schellenbergi
                            Tryphosella trigonica
                            Tryphosella serrata
                            Tryphosella bispinosa
                            Tryphosella intermedia
                            Tryphosella analogica
                            Tryphosella macropareia
                            Tryphosella paramoi
                            Tryphosella lowryi
                            Tryphosella apalachicola
                            Tryphosella groenlandica
                            Tryphosella ama
                            Tryphosella astrolabensis
                            Tryphosella bet
                            Tryphosella caecoides
                            Tryphosella californica
                            Tryphosella camela
                            Tryphosella cameloides
                            Tryphosella charlotteae
                            Tryphosella index
                            Tryphosella flynnana
                            Tryphosella metacaecula
                            Tryphosella miersi
                            Tryphosella moana
                            Tryphosella mucronata
                            Tryphosella orana
                            Tryphosella oupi
                            Tryphosella quadrata
                            Tryphosella seasana
                            Tryphosella triplans
                            Tryphosella uristesi
                            Tryphosella wongada
                            Tryphosella coxalis
                          Tryphosites
                          Psammonyx
                          Orchomenyx
                          Lepidepecreoides
                          Pseudonesimoides
                          Stephensenia
                          Tryphosoides
                      Lysianassinae
                      Boeckosinus
                      Conicostomatinae
                    Scopelocheiridae
                    Uristidae
                    Opisidae
                    Eurytheneidae
                    Cyphocarididae
                    Aristiidae
                    Amaryllididae
                    Pachynidae
                    Stenia
                    Gainella
                    Hirondelleidae
                    Sophrosynidae
                    Endevouridae
                    Kergueleniidae
                    Lepedepecreellidae
                    Lepidepecreellidae
                    Cebocaridae
                    Cyclocaridae
                    Thoriellidae
                    Acidostomatidae
                  Didymocheliidae
                  Eusiroidea
                  Pagetinidae
                  Phoxocephalopsidae
                  Pseudamphilochidae
                  Stilipedidae
                  Exoedicerotidae
                  Iphimedioidea
                  Acanthonotozomellidae
                  Ochlesidae
                  Trischizostomatidae
                  Paramphitoidae
                  Dikwidae
                  Urohaustoriidae
                  Zobrachoidae
                  Hadziidae
                  Platyischnopidae
                  Cyproideidae
                  Vicmusiidae
                  Cheidae
                  Lysianassidae s.l.
                  Cardenioidae
                  Alicellidae
                  Valettiopsidae
                  Maeridae
                  Miramarassidae
                  Thurstonellidae
                Talitrida
                Sicafodiidae
              Ingolfiellidea
              Corophiidea
              Neomegamphopidae
              Iciliidae
              Iulopididae
              Kuriidae
              Maxillipiidae
              Paracalliopiidae
              Pleioplateidae
              Podoprionidae
              Priscillinidae
              Priscomilitaridae
              Prolanceolidae
              Regaliidae
              Sinurothoidae
              Sternophysingidae
            Cumacea
            Thermosbaenacea
            Mysidacea
            Mysida
            Lophogastrida
            Anisopoda
        Hoplocarida
      Ostracoda
      Pentastomata
    Chelicerata
    Myriapoda
    Hexapoda
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
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