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You can also find a marine species by browsing through the WoRMS taxonomy on the right hand side.

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
        Mystacocarida
        Copepoda
          Progymnoplea
          Neocopepoda
            Gymnoplea
            Podoplea
              Cyclopoida
              Harpacticoida
                Adenopleurellidae
                Aegisthidae
                Ambunguipedidae
                Ameiridae
                Ancorabolidae
                Arenopontiidae
                Argestidae
                Balaenophilidae
                Canthocamptidae
                Canuellidae
                Cerviniidae
                Cletodidae
                Cletopsyllidae
                Clytemnestridae
                Cristacoxidae
                Cylindropsyllidae
                Danielsseniidae
                Darcythompsoniidae
                Diosaccidae
                Ectinosomatidae
                Euterpinidae
                Harpacticidae
                Huntemanniidae
                Laophontidae
                Laophontopsidae
                Latiremidae
                Leptastacidae
                Leptopontiidae
                Longipediidae
                Louriniidae
                Metidae
                Miraciidae
                Neobradyidae
                Normanellidae
                Novocriniidae
                Orthopsyllidae
                Paramesochridae
                Parastenheliidae
                Parastenocarididae
                Peltidiidae
                Phyllognathopodidae
                Porcellidiidae
                Psammopsyllidae
                Rhizothricidae
                Rotundiclipeidae
                Superornatiremidae
                Tachidiidae
                Tegastidae
                  Parategastes
                  Syngastes
                  Tegastes
                      Tegastes areolatus
                      Tegastes calcaratus
                      Tegastes clausi
                      Tegastes dalmatinus
                      Tegastes elenae
                      Tegastes falcatus
                      Tegastes flavidus
                      Tegastes grandimanus
                      Tegastes knoepffleri
                      Tegastes longimanus
                      Tegastes nanus
                      Tegastes neapolitanus
                      Tegastes porosus
                      Tegastes riedli
                      Tegastes satyrus
                      Tegastes seurati
                      Tegastes coriaceus
                      Tegastes fernandici
                      Tegastes frigidus
                      Tegastes harpactoides
                      Tegastes intermedius
                      Tegastes foliatus
                      Tegastes acroporanus
                      Tegastes chalmersi
                      Tegastes cnidicus
                      Tegastes donnani
                      Tegastes edmondsoni
                      Tegastes gemmeus
                      Tegastes georgei
                      Tegastes imthurni
                      Tegastes minutus
                      Tegastes paulipes
                      Tegastes perforatus
                      Tegastes pulcher
                      Tegastes pygmaeus
                      Tegastes simplex
                      Tegastes singularisaetus
                      Tegastes tenuis
                      Tegastes twynami
                      Tegastes andrewi
                      Tegastes brasiliensis
                      Tegastes nigrans
                      Tegastes inopinatus
                      Tegastes okinawaensis
                  Feregastes
                  Arawella
                  Amymone
                  Smacigastes
                Tetragonicepsidae
                Thalestridae
                Thompsonulidae
                Tisbidae
                Zosimeidae
                Paranannopidae
                Ectinosomidae
                Pseudopeltidiidae
                Pteropsyllidae
                Rhynchothalestridae
                Pseudotachidiidae
                Idyanthidae
                Dactylopusiidae
                Ismardiidae
                Metahuntemanniidae
                Heteropsyllidae
                Parameiropsidae
                Nannopodidae
                Idyaeidae
              Poecilostomatoida
              Siphonostomatoida
              Monstrilloida
              Misophrioida
              Mormonilloida
          Thaumatopsylloida
        Branchiura
        Tantulocarida
        Thecostraca
        Pentastomida
      Malacostraca
      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
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