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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
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
    Urochordata
    Cephalochordata
    Vertebrata
      Gnathostomata
        Tetrapoda
        Pisces
          Elasmobranchii
          Actinopterygii
            Acipenseriformes
            Elopiformes
            Notacanthiformes
            Anguilliformes
            Saccopharyngiformes
            Clupeiformes
            Osmeriformes
            Salmoniformes
            Stomiiformes
            Ateleopodiformes
            Aulopiformes
            Myctophiformes
            Lampriformes
            Polymixiiformes
            Gadiformes
            Ophidiiformes
            Batrachoidiformes
            Lophiiformes
            Gobiesociformes
            Atheriniformes
            Cyprinodontiformes
            Beloniformes
            Stephanoberyciformes
            Beryciformes
            Cetomimiformes
            Gasterosteiformes
            Syngnathiformes
            Scorpaeniformes
            Pleuronectiformes
            Tetraodontiformes
            Zeiformes
            Perciformes
                Acanthuridae
                Ammodytidae
                Anarhichadidae
                Apogonidae
                Blenniidae
                Bramidae
                Callanthiidae
                Callionymidae
                Carangidae
                Caristiidae
                Centracanthidae
                Centrolophidae
                Cepolidae
                Chaetodontidae
                Chiasmodontidae
                Clinidae
                Coryphaenidae
                Draconettidae
                Echeneidae
                Emmelichthyidae
                Epigonidae
                Gempylidae
                Gobiidae
                Haemulidae
                Istiophoridae
                Kyphosidae
                Labridae
                  Acantholabrus
                  Bodianus
                  Centrolabrus
                  Coris
                  Ctenolabrus
                  Labrus
                  Lappanella
                  Symphodus
                  Thalassoma
                  Xyrichtys
                  Achoerodus
                  Austrolabrus
                  Clepticus
                  Conniella
                  Doratonotus
                  Dotalabrus
                  Eupetrichthys
                  Frontilabrus
                  Leptojulis
                  Malapterus
                  Minilabrus
                  Nelabrichthys
                  Notolabrus
                  Ophthalmolepis
                  Pictilabrus
                  Polylepion
                  Pseudolabrus
                  Semicossyphus
                  Terelabrus
                  Xenojulis
                  Xiphocheilus
                  Antonichthys
                  Chaerojulis
                  Coricus
                  Guentheria
                  Heterochoerops
                  Marzapanus
                  Pimelometopon
                  Platychoerops
                  Suezia
                  Thysanocheilus
                  Xiphocheilos
                  Doradonotus
                  Gomphorus
                  Gomphrosus
                  Guntheria
                  Labrichtys
                  Marzapannus
                  Australabrus
                  Coniella
                Leiognathidae
                Lobotidae
                Luvaridae
                Moronidae
                Mullidae
                Nomeidae
                Percichthyidae
                Pholidae
                Polynemidae
                Polyprionidae
                Pomacentridae
                Pomatomidae
                Priacanthidae
                Rachycentridae
                Scaridae
                Sciaenidae
                Scombridae
                Scombrolabracidae
                Serranidae
                Siganidae
                Sillaginidae
                Sparidae
                Sphyraenidae
                Stichaeidae
                Stromateidae
                Terapontidae
                Tetragonuridae
                Trachinidae
                Trichiuridae
                Tripterygiidae
                Uranoscopidae
                Xiphiidae
                Zoarcidae
                Caproidae
                Ephippidae
                Ariommatidae
                Centropomidae
                Pseudochromidae
                Malacanthidae
                Lutjanidae
                Gerreidae
                Coracinidae
                Monodactylidae
                Elassomatidae
            Mugiliformes
          Holocephali
      Agnatha
    Tunicata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
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