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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
            Campanulinidae
            Haleciidae
            Lafoeidae
            Laodiceidae
            Lovenellidae
            Phialellidae
            Plumulariidae
            Sertulariidae
              Abietinaria
              Amphisbetia
              Cnidoscyphus
              Diphasia
              Dynamena
              Hydrallmania
              Salacia
              Selaginopsis
              Sertularella
                  Sertularella arbuscula
                  Sertularella crassicaulis
                  Sertularella cubica
                  Sertularella cylindritheca
                  Sertularella ellisii
                  Sertularella fusiformis
                    Sertularella fusiformis var. nana
                    Sertularella fusiformis var. nana
                  Sertularella gaudichaudi
                  Sertularella gayi
                  Sertularella mediterranea
                  Sertularella ornata
                  Sertularella picta
                  Sertularella polyzonias
                  Sertularella rugosa
                  Sertularella simplex
                  Sertularella tenella
                  Sertularella unituba
                  Sertularella lagenoides
                  Sertularella tamarisca
                  Sertularella pinnata
                  Sertularella geniculata
                  Sertularella cumberlandica
                  Sertularella gigantea
                  Sertularella liouvillei
                  Sertularella nuttingi
                  Sertularella plectilis
                  Sertularella natalensis
                  Sertularella ligulata
                  Sertularella campanulata
                  Sertularella trigonostomata
                  Sertularella acutidentata
                  Sertularella africana
                  Sertularella agulhenis
                  Sertularella albida
                  Sertularella ampullacea
                  Sertularella anguina
                  Sertularella annulata
                  Sertularella antarctica
                  Sertularella areyi
                  Sertularella argentinica
                  Sertularella avrilia
                  Sertularella billardi
                  Sertularella bipectinata
                  Sertularella blanconae
                  Sertularella brandti
                  Sertularella capensis
                  Sertularella catena
                  Sertularella clarkii
                  Sertularella clausa
                  Sertularella complexa
                  Sertularella conella
                  Sertularella congregata
                  Sertularella conica
                  Sertularella costata
                  Sertularella crassa
                  Sertularella crassiuscula
                  Sertularella craticula
                  Sertularella crenulata
                  Sertularella cruzensis
                  Sertularella decipiens
                  Sertularella diaphana
                  Sertularella dubia
                  Sertularella erecta
                  Sertularella erratum
                  Sertularella exigua
                  Sertularella exilis
                  Sertularella flabellum
                  Sertularella fuegonensis
                  Sertularella fusoides
                  Sertularella geodiae
                  Sertularella gilchristi
                  Sertularella goliathus
                  Sertularella helenae
                  Sertularella hermanosensis
                  Sertularella humilis
                  Sertularella implexa
                  Sertularella inabai
                  Sertularella inconstans
                  Sertularella integra
                  Sertularella intricata
                  Sertularella japonica
                  Sertularella jorgensis
                  Sertularella keiensis
                  Sertularella lagena
                  Sertularella leiocarpa
                  Sertularella leiocarpoides
                  Sertularella levigata
                  Sertularella magna
                  Sertularella megastoma
                  Sertularella megista
                  Sertularella microtheca
                  Sertularella minuscula
                  Sertularella mirabilis
                  Sertularella miurensis
                  Sertularella mutsuensis
                  Sertularella novaecaledoniae
                  Sertularella paessleri
                  Sertularella parvula
                  Sertularella patagonica
                  Sertularella paucicostata
                  Sertularella pellucida
                  Sertularella producta
                  Sertularella pseudocostata
                  Sertularella pulchra
                  Sertularella quadrata
                  Sertularella quadridens
                  Sertularella quadrifida
                  Sertularella quinquelaminata
                  Sertularella ramosa
                  Sertularella richardsoni
                  Sertularella robusta
                  Sertularella robustoides
                  Sertularella sagamina
                  Sertularella sanmatiasensis
                  Sertularella similis
                  Sertularella sinensis
                  Sertularella spinosa
                  Sertularella spirifera
                  Sertularella stolonifera
                  Sertularella striata
                  Sertularella tanneri
                  Sertularella tasmanica
                  Sertularella thecocarpa
                  Sertularella tilesii
                  Sertularella tongensis
                  Sertularella tricincta
                  Sertularella tridentata
                  Sertularella undulitheca
                  Sertularella uruguayensis
                  Sertularella valdiviae
                  Sertularella wallacei
                  Sertularella whitei
                  Sertularella xantha
                  Sertularella zenkevitchi
                  Sertularella biformis
                  Sertularella encarnae
                  Sertularella gruzovi
                  Sertularella spiralis
                  Sertularella punctagonangia
                  Sertularella annulaventricosa
                  Sertularella reticulata
                  Sertularella falsa
                  Sertularella peregrina
                  Sertularella atlantica
                  Sertularella solidula
                  Sertularella affinis
                  Sertularella gotoi
                  Sertularella edentula
                  Sertularella hartlaubi
                  Sertularella peculiaris
                  Sertularella elongata
                  Sertularella fraseri
                  Sertularella ornata
                  Sertularella distans
                  Sertularella tricuspidata
                  Sertularella sinuosa
                  Sertularella cylindrica
                  Sertularella incisa
                  Sertularella pinnata
                  Sertularella glacialis
                  Sertularella obtusa
                  Sertularella angulosa
                  Sertularella mytila
                  Sertularella vervoorti
                  Sertularella grandensis
                  Sertularella mogotensis
                  Sertularella stepanyanthae
                  Sertularella maureenae
                  Sertularella curvitheca
                  Sertularella mixta
              Sertularia
              Symplectoscyphus
              Tamarisca
              Thuiaria
              Dymella
              Biseriaria
              Tridentata
              Pericladium
              Staurotheca
              Thyroscyphus
              Calamphora
              Caminothujaria
              Crateritheca
              Dictyocladium
              Fraseroscyphus
              Gigantotheca
              Gonaxia
              Hypopyxis
              Papilionella
              Stereotheca
              Tasmanaria
              Geminella
              Diphasis
              Monopoma
              Diphasiella
              Idiella
              Idia
              Pasya
            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
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