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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
                Leiognathidae
                Lobotidae
                Luvaridae
                Moronidae
                Mullidae
                Nomeidae
                Percichthyidae
                Pholidae
                Polynemidae
                Polyprionidae
                Pomacentridae
                Pomatomidae
                Priacanthidae
                Rachycentridae
                Scaridae
                Sciaenidae
                  Argyrosomus
                  Pseudotolithus
                  Sciaena
                  Umbrina
                  Aplodinotus
                  Aspericorvina
                  Austronibea
                  Bahaba
                  Boesemania
                  Cheilotrema
                  Chrysochir
                  Cilus
                  Collichthys
                  Corvula
                  Ctenosciaena
                  Daysciaena
                  Dendrophysa
                  Elattarchus
                  Genyonemus
                  Isopisthus
                  Kathala
                  Larimichthys
                  Lonchurus
                  Macrodon
                  Macrospinosa
                  Megalonibea
                  Miichthys
                  Miracorvina
                  Nebris
                  Nibea
                  Odontoscion
                  Ophioscion
                  Otolithoides
                  Pachypops
                  Pachyurus
                  Panna
                  Paralonchurus
                  Paranebris
                  Paranibea
                  Pareques
                  Pennahia
                  Pentheroscion
                  Petilipinnis
                  Plagioscion
                  Protonibea
                  Protosciaena
                  Pteroscion
                  Pterotolithus
                  Roncador
                  Seriphus
                  Sonorolux
                  Totoaba
                  Afroscion
                  Amblyscion
                  Ancylodon
                  Archoscion
                  Asperina
                  Blythia
                  Blythsciaena
                  Bola
                  Cestreus
                  Cestrus
                  Eques
                  Genyanemus
                  Homoprion
                  Johnieops
                  Lepipterus
                  Micropogon
                  Monosira
                  Othonias
                  Otolithus
                  Pama
                  Pogonathus
                  Polycirrhus
                  Polyclemus
                  Pseudomycterus
                  Pseudosciaena
                  Rhinoscion
                  Sagenichthys
                  Sciaenoides
                  Stelliferus
                  Vacuoqua
                  Wak
                  Dayscieaena
                  Dendrophyssa
                  Isophisthus
                  Johniops
                  Lonchiurus
                  Menthicirrhus
                  Argiosomus
                  Argyrosoma
                  Attilus
                  Bairdela
                  Bardiella
                  Cynoscium
                  Pentherocion
                  Pseudusciaena
                  Waku
                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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