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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
          Capitata
          Filifera
            Bougainvilliidae
            Clavidae
            Eudendriidae
            Hydractiniidae
            Pandeiidae
            Proboscidactylidae
            Pandeidae
            Rathkeidae
            Trichydridae
            Margelina
            Filifera incertae sedis
            Pandeida
            Calycopsidae
            Cytaeididae
            Niobiidae
            Ptilocodiidae
            Stylasteridae
              Crypthelia
              Errina
              Lepidopora
              Pliobothrus
              Stenohelia
              Stylaster
                  Stylaster erubescens
                    Stylaster erubescens britannicus
                    Stylaster erubescens groenlandicus
                    Stylaster erubescens meterorensis
                    Stylaster erubescens erubescens
                    Stylaster erubescens meteorensis
                  Stylaster gemmascens
                  Stylaster ibericus
                  Stylaster maroccanus
                  Stylaster norvegicus
                  Stylaster densicaulis
                  Stylaster nobilis
                  Stylaster profundus
                  Stylaster robustus
                  Stylaster eguchii
                  Stylaster alaskanus
                  Stylaster amphiheloides
                  Stylaster antillarum
                  Stylaster asper
                  Stylaster aurantiacus
                  Stylaster bellus
                  Stylaster bilobatus
                  Stylaster bithalamus
                  Stylaster blatteus
                  Stylaster bocki
                  Stylaster boreopacificus
                  Stylaster boschmai
                  Stylaster brochi
                  Stylaster brunneus
                  Stylaster californicus
                  Stylaster cancellatus
                  Stylaster carinatus
                  Stylaster cocosensis
                  Stylaster complanatus
                  Stylaster corallium
                  Stylaster crassior
                  Stylaster dentatus
                  Stylaster divergens
                  Stylaster duchassaingi
                  Stylaster elassotomus
                  Stylaster filogranus
                  Stylaster flabelliformis
                  Stylaster galapagensis
                  Stylaster gracilis
                  Stylaster granulosus
                  Stylaster griggi
                  Stylaster hattorii
                  Stylaster horologium
                  Stylaster imbricatus
                  Stylaster incompletus
                  Stylaster infundibuliferus
                  Stylaster inornatus
                  Stylaster laevigatus
                  Stylaster lonchitis
                  Stylaster marenzelleri
                  Stylaster marshae
                  Stylaster microstriatus
                  Stylaster miniatus
                  Stylaster moseleyanus
                  Stylaster multiplex
                  Stylaster papuensis
                  Stylaster polymorphus
                  Stylaster polyorchis
                  Stylaster profundiporus
                  Stylaster pulcher
                  Stylaster purpuratus
                  Stylaster ramosus
                  Stylaster rosaceus
                  Stylaster roseus
                  Stylaster sanguineus
                  Stylaster scabiosus
                  Stylaster solidus
                  Stylaster spatula
                  Stylaster stejnegeri
                  Stylaster stellulatus
                  Stylaster subviolacea
                  Stylaster tenisonwoodsi
                  Stylaster venustus
                  Stylaster verrillii
                  Stylaster incrassatus
                  Stylaster eximius
                  Stylaster campylecus
                  Stylaster antiquus
                  Stylaster atlanticus
                  Stylaster chibaensis
                  Stylaster compressus
                  Stylaster echinatus
                  Stylaster gigas
                  Stylaster milleri
                  Stylaster mooraboolensis
                  Stylaster priscus
                  Stylaster cretaceous
                  Stylaster repandus
                  Stylaster leptostylus
                  Stylaster trachystomus
                  Stylaster parageus
                  Stylaster crassiseptum
              Errinopsis
              Sporadopora
              Adelopora
              Calyptopora
              Conopora
              Distichopora
              Lepidotheca
              Inferiolabiata
              Astya
              Cheiloporidion
              Cyclohelia
              Errinopora
              Gyropora
              Paraerrina
              Phalangopora
              Pseudocrypthelia
              Stellapora
              Stephanohelia
              Stylantheca
              Systemapora
              Astylus
              Leptobothrus
              Congregopora
              Protoerrina
              Deontopora
              Adeloporinae
              Stylasterinae
              Polypora
            Laingiidae
            Protiaridae
            Russelliidae
            Bythotiaridae
            Oceaniidae
            Eucodoniidae
            Australomedusidae
            Balellidae
            Jeanbouilloniidae
            Platystomidae
            Tubiclavoididae
            Cordylophoridae
            Magapiidae
            Axoporidae
            Heterotentaculidae
          Anthoathecata incertae sedis
        Leptothecata
        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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