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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
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
    Anthozoa
    Hydrozoa
      Hydroidolina
        Siphonophorae
        Anthoathecata
        Leptothecata
          Conica
            Aglaopheniidae
                Aglaophenia
                Cladocarpus
                  Cladocarpus bicuspis
                  Cladocarpus bonneviaei
                  Cladocarpus boucheti
                  Cladocarpus cartieri
                  Cladocarpus cornutus
                  Cladocarpus diana
                  Cladocarpus dollfusi
                  Cladocarpus formosus
                  Cladocarpus integer
                  Cladocarpus multiseptatus
                  Cladocarpus paraventricosus
                  Cladocarpus sigma
                  Cladocarpus sinuosos
                  Cladocarpus pectiniferus
                  Cladocarpus paraformosus
                  Cladocarpus alatus
                  Cladocarpus anonymus
                  Cladocarpus bathyzonatus
                  Cladocarpus bocki
                  Cladocarpus bonnevieae
                  Cladocarpus campanulatus
                  Cladocarpus carinatus
                  Cladocarpus compressus
                  Cladocarpus crenatus
                  Cladocarpus crepidatus
                  Cladocarpus delicatus
                  Cladocarpus distans
                  Cladocarpus distomus
                  Cladocarpus dofleini
                  Cladocarpus dolichotheca
                  Cladocarpus elongatus
                  Cladocarpus flexilis
                  Cladocarpus flexuosus
                  Cladocarpus gracilis
                  Cladocarpus grandis
                  Cladocarpus hirsutus
                  Cladocarpus indicus
                  Cladocarpus inflatus
                  Cladocarpus keiensis
                  Cladocarpus leloupi
                  Cladocarpus lignosus
                  Cladocarpus longipinna
                  Cladocarpus millardae
                  Cladocarpus moderatus
                  Cladocarpus multiapertus
                  Cladocarpus natalensis
                  Cladocarpus obliquus
                  Cladocarpus paradiseus
                  Cladocarpus paries
                  Cladocarpus pegmatis
                  Cladocarpus pinguis
                  Cladocarpus pourtalesii
                  Cladocarpus ramuliferus
                  Cladocarpus septatus
                  Cladocarpus sewelli
                  Cladocarpus sibogae
                  Cladocarpus stechowi
                  Cladocarpus tortus
                  Cladocarpus unicornus
                  Cladocarpus vaga
                  Cladocarpus valdiviae
                  Cladocarpus vancouverensis
                  Cladocarpus ventricosus
                  Cladocarpus verrilli
                  Cladocarpus fertilis
                  Cladocarpus plumularioides
                  Cladocarpus speciosus
                  Cladocarpus rostrifrons
                  Cladocarpus longicarpa
                Gymnangium
                Lytocarpia
                Macrorhynchia
                Nematocarpus
                Streptocaulus
                Nematophorus
                Thecocarpus
                Aglophenia
                Theocarpus
                Cladocarpoides
                Diplocheilus
                Monoserius
                Wanglaophenia
                Carpocladus
                Aglaophenopsis
                Dinotheca
                Halicornaria
            Campanulinidae
            Haleciidae
            Lafoeidae
            Laodiceidae
            Lovenellidae
            Phialellidae
            Plumulariidae
            Sertulariidae
            Aequoreidae
            Mitrocomidae
            Eirenidae
            Eucheilotidae
            Tiarannidae
            Barcinididae
            Blackfordiidae
            Dipleurosomatidae
            Halopterididae
            Kirchenpaueriidae
            Malagazziidae
            Melicertidae
            Orchistomidae
            Tiaropsidae
            Syntheciidae
            Hebellidae
            Teclaiidae
            Cirrholoveniidae
            Clathrozoidae
            Lineolariidae
            Octocannoididae
            Sugiuridae
          Proboscoida
        Laingiomedusae
        Anthomedusae
        Leptomedusae
        Gymnoblastea
        Athecata
        Thecata
        Siphonophora
      Trachylinae
      Hydroida
      Leptolinae
    Cnidaria incertae sedis
    Cubozoa
    Scyphozoa
    Staurozoa
  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