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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
    Crustacea
      Remipedia
      Branchiopoda
      Maxillopoda
      Malacostraca
        Eumalacostraca
          Eucarida
            Euphausiacea
            Amphionidacea
            Decapoda
              Dendrobranchiata
              Pleocyemata
                Anomura
                  Galatheoidea
                    Galatheidae
                    Porcellanidae
                    Munidopsidae
                    Munididae
                        Munida
                          Munida curvimana
                          Munida intermedia
                          Munida microphthalma
                          Munida perarmata
                          Munida rugosa
                          Munida rutllanti
                          Munida sanctipauli
                          Munida sarsi
                          Munida speciosa
                          Munida subcaeca
                          Munida tenuimana
                          Munida iris
                          Munida valida
                          Munida gracilis
                          Munida japonica
                          Munida roshanei
                          Munida janetae
                          Munida arabica
                          Munida benguela
                          Munida guineae
                          Munida magniantennulata
                          Munida foresti
                          Munida kawamotoi
                          Munida muscae
                          Munida shaula
                          Munida spicae
                          Munida macrobrachia
                          Munida aequalis
                          Munida asprosoma
                          Munida chydaea
                          Munida endeavourae
                          Munida isos
                          Munida kapala
                          Munida spinicruris
                          Munida angusta
                          Munida apodis
                          Munida delicata
                          Munida limatula
                          Munida ommata
                          Munida pavonis
                          Munida pumila
                          Munida volantis
                          Munida rupicola
                          Munida parile
                          Munida simulatrix
                          Munida pectinata
                          Munida aulakodes
                          Munida devestiva
                          Munida abelloi
                          Munida acacia
                          Munida acantha
                          Munida affinis
                          Munida africana
                          Munida agave
                          Munida albiapicula
                          Munida alia
                          Munida alonsoi
                          Munida amathea
                          Munida amblytes
                          Munida andamanica
                          Munida angulata
                          Munida antliae
                          Munida antonbruuni
                          Munida apheles
                          Munida arae
                          Munida armata
                          Munida armilla
                          Munida atlantica
                          Munida babai
                          Munida bapensis
                          Munida barangei
                          Munida barbeti
                          Munida beanii
                          Munida benedicti
                          Munida brachytes
                          Munida caesura
                          Munida carinata
                          Munida cerisa
                          Munida chacei
                          Munida chathamensis
                          Munida clinata
                          Munida collier
                          Munida coltroi
                          Munida columbae
                          Munida comorina
                          Munida compacta
                          Munida compressa
                          Munida congesta
                          Munida constricta
                          Munida cornuta
                          Munida crassa
                          Munida curvipes
                          Munida curvirostris
                          Munida debilis
                          Munida declivis
                          Munida descensa
                          Munida disgrega
                          Munida dispar
                          Munida dissita
                          Munida distiza
                          Munida ducoussoi
                          Munida eclepsis
                          Munida elachia
                          Munida elfina
                          Munida erato
                          Munida erugata
                          Munida eudora
                          Munida evarne
                          Munida evermanni
                          Munida exilis
                          Munida fasciata
                          Munida flinti
                          Munida forceps
                          Munida fornacis
                          Munida galaxaura
                          Munida gilii
                          Munida glabella
                          Munida gordoae
                          Munida gracilipes
                          Munida gregaria
                          Munida guttata
                          Munida haswelli
                          Munida heblingi
                          Munida heteracantha
                          Munida hispida
                          Munida honshuensis
                          Munida howensis
                          Munida hyalina
                          Munida icela
                          Munida idyia
                          Munida ignea
                          Munida inornata
                          Munida insularis
                          Munida irrasa
                          Munida keiensis
                          Munida kuboi
                          Munida laevis
                          Munida latior
                          Munida leagora
                          Munida lenticularis
                          Munida leptitis
                          Munida leptosyne
                          Munida limula
                          Munida lineola
                          Munida llenasi
                          Munida longicheles
                          Munida major
                          Munida masi
                          Munida masoae
                          Munida media
                          Munida melite
                          Munida mexicana
                          Munida microps
                          Munida micula
                          Munida miles
                          Munida militaris
                          Munida miniata
                          Munida minuta
                          Munida moliae
                          Munida montemaris
                          Munida nesaea
                          Munida nesiotes
                          Munida notata
                          Munida notialis
                          Munida nuda
                          Munida obesa
                          Munida oblonga
                          Munida ocellata
                          Munida offella
                          Munida olivarae
                          Munida oritea
                          Munida pagesi
                          Munida parca
                          Munida parvioculata
                          Munida parvula
                          Munida pasithea
                          Munida perlata
                          Munida petronioi
                          Munida pherusa
                          Munida philippinensis
                          Munida pilorhyncha
                          Munida polynoe
                          Munida pontoporea
                          Munida profunda
                          Munida prominula
                          Munida propinqua
                          Munida proto
                          Munida psamathe
                          Munida pseliophora
                          Munida psylla
                          Munida pulchra
                          Munida punctata
                          Munida pusilla
                          Munida pusiola
                          Munida pygmaea
                          Munida quadrispina
                          Munida redacta
                          Munida refulgens
                          Munida remota
                          Munida rhodonia
                          Munida robusta
                          Munida rogeri
                          Munida rosula
                          Munida rubella
                          Munida rubiesi
                          Munida rubridigitalis
                          Munida rubrimana
                          Munida rubrovata
                          Munida rufiantennulata
                          Munida runcinata
                          Munida sacksi
                          Munida sagamiensis
                          Munida sao
                          Munida sculpta
                          Munida semoni
                          Munida sentai
                          Munida serrata
                          Munida simplex
                          Munida sinensis
                          Munida sphinx
                          Munida spilota
                          Munida spinifrons
                          Munida spinosa
                          Munida spinulifera
                          Munida spissa
                          Munida stia
                          Munida stigmatica
                          Munida stimpsoni
                          Munida striata
                          Munida striola
                          Munida taenia
                          Munida tangaroa
                          Munida tenella
                          Munida thoe
                          Munida tiresias
                          Munida tropicalis
                          Munida tuberculata
                          Munida tyche
                          Munida typhle
                          Munida victoria
                          Munida vigiliarum
                          Munida williamsi
                          Munida zebra
                          Munida caeli
                          Munida lailai
                          Munida acola
                          Munida clevai
                          Munida jubata
                          Munida mendagnai
                          Munida mica
                          Munida oblongata
                          Munida pauxilla
                          Munida squarrosa
                          Munida ampliantenulata
                          Munida lipkeholthuisi
                          Munida disiunctus
                          Munida koyo
                          Munida longinquus
                          Munida munin
                          Munida lanciaria
                          Munida macphersoni
                          Munida consobrina
                          Munida maculata
                          Munida megalophthalma
                          Munida multilineata
                          Munida osawai
                          Munida solitaria
                          Munida paucistria
                          Munida squamifera
                          Munida trigonocornus
                          Munida vicina
                        Bathymunida
                        Agononida
                        Anoplonida
                        Babamunida
                        Cervimunida
                        Crosnierita
                        Grimothea
                        Heteronida
                        Neonida
                        Paramunida
                        Plesionida
                        Pleuroncodes
                        Raymunida
                        Sadayoshia
                        Setanida
                        Tasmanida
                        Torbenella
                        Torbenia
                        Munida
                        paucistria
                  Hippoidea
                  Paguroidea
                  Lithodoidea
                  Kiwaoidea
                  Chirostyloidea
                Brachyura
                Caridea
                Palinura
                Stenopodidea
                Thalassinidea
          Peracarida
        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
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera