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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
  Mollusca
  Porifera
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
    Urochordata
    Cephalochordata
    Vertebrata
    Tunicata
      Ascidiacea
        Aplousobranchia
          Clavelinidae
          Didemnidae
          Polycitoridae
          Polyclinidae
              Aplidiopsis
              Aplidium
              Polyclinella
              Polyclinum
              Sidneioides
              Sidnyum
              Synoicum
                Synoicum beauchampi
                Synoicum blochmanni
                Synoicum daucum
                Synoicum diaphanum
                Synoicum incrustatum
                Synoicum lacazei
                Synoicum pomum
                Synoicum pulmonaria
                Synoicum turgens
                Synoicum vibei
                Synoicum adareanum
                Synoicum polygyna
                Synoicum giardi
                Synoicum georgianum
                Synoicum ostentor
                Synoicum ramulosum
                Synoicum capense
                Synoicum australe
                Synoicum angustum
                Synoicum apectetum
                Synoicum arenaceum
                Synoicum atlanticum
                Synoicum atopogaster
                Synoicum bowerbanki
                Synoicum buccinum
                Synoicum castellatum
                Synoicum chrysanthemum
                Synoicum citrum
                Synoicum clavatum
                Synoicum concavitum
                Synoicum cymosum
                Synoicum derjugini
                Synoicum duboscqui
                Synoicum erectum
                Synoicum galei
                Synoicum haurakiensis
                Synoicum herdmani
                Synoicum howeni
                Synoicum hypurgon
                Synoicum intercedens
                Synoicum jordani
                Synoicum kerguelenense
                Synoicum kuranui
                Synoicum longistriatum
                Synoicum macroglossum
                Synoicum molle
                Synoicum obscurum
                Synoicum occidentalis
                Synoicum otagoensis
                Synoicum papilliferum
                Synoicum parfustis
                Synoicum partitionis
                Synoicum parvum
                Synoicum pellucens
                Synoicum pellucidum
                Synoicum prunum
                Synoicum sabuliferum
                Synoicum sacculum
                Synoicum sagamianum
                Synoicum salivum
                Synoicum stewartense
                Synoicum suarenum
                Synoicum tentaculatum
                Synoicum tropicum
                Synoicum saxeum
                Synoicum durum
                Synoicum insulsum
                Synoicum senegalense
                Synoicum calypsonis
                Synoicum laboutei
                Synoicum floriferum
                Synoicum appendiculatum
                Synoicum circumvolutum
                Synoicum fungosum
                Synoicum georgiana
                Synoicum haeckeli
                Synoicum haeckli
                Synoicum investum
                Synoicum irregulare
                Synoicum jacobsoni
                Synoicum kinkaidi
                Synoicum kohli
                Synoicum maroccanum
                Synoicum pachydermatinum
                Synoicum pererratum
                Synoicum pyriformis
                Synoicum steineni
                Synoicum suesanum
                Synoicum triplex
                Synoicum californianum
                Synoicum citrinum
                Synoicum kincaidi
                Synoicum laboutei.
                Synoicum pribilovense
                Synoicum snodgrassi
                Synoicum solidum
                Synoicum sphinctorum
                Synoicum stewartensis
                Synoicum syrtis
                Synoicum tentucalatum
                Synoicum rubrum
              Morchellium
              Amaroucium
              Psammaplidium
              Amaroecium
              Amoroecium
              Amouroecium
              Amouroucium
              Aplidie
              Atopogaster
              Circinalium
              Fragarium
              Glossophorum
              Heterotrema
              Lissamaroucium
              Macrenteron
              Macroclinum
              Morchelloides
              Neodictyon
              Parascidia
              Parascidium
              Polyclinoides
              Polyclinopsis
              Psammaplidum
              Fragaroides
              Aplidum
              Homoeodistoma
          Euherdmaniidae
        Phlebobranchia
        Stolidobranchia
      Larvacea
      Sorberacea
      Thaliacea
      Appendicularia
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera