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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
              Scombridae
              Scombrolabracidae
              Serranidae
                  Anthias
                  Epinephelus
                    Epinephelus aeneus
                    Epinephelus caninus
                    Epinephelus costae
                    Epinephelus haifensis
                    Epinephelus marginatus
                    Epinephelus nigritus
                    Epinephelus niveatus
                    Epinephelus striatus
                    Epinephelus adscensionis
                    Epinephelus guttatus
                    Epinephelus itajara
                    Epinephelus morio
                    Epinephelus polyphekadion
                    Epinephelus chlorostigma
                    Epinephelus coioides
                    Epinephelus morrhua
                    Epinephelus macrospilos
                    Epinephelus flavocaeruleus
                    Epinephelus areolatus
                    Epinephelus tauvina
                    Epinephelus malabaricus
                    Epinephelus fasciatus
                    Epinephelus epistictus
                    Epinephelus miliaris
                    Epinephelus latifasciatus
                    Epinephelus indistinctus
                    Epinephelus rivulatus
                    Epinephelus ongus
                    Epinephelus fuscoguttatus
                    Epinephelus faveatus
                    Epinephelus longispinis
                    Epinephelus radiatus
                    Epinephelus octofasciatus
                    Epinephelus lanceolatus
                    Epinephelus stoliczkae
                    Epinephelus chabaudi
                    Epinephelus merra
                    Epinephelus posteli
                    Epinephelus hexagonatus
                    Epinephelus polylepis
                    Epinephelus magniscuttis
                    Epinephelus diacanthus
                    Epinephelus multinotatus
                    Epinephelus summana
                    Epinephelus gabriellae
                    Epinephelus melanostigma
                    Epinephelus spilotoceps
                    Epinephelus tukula
                    Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus
                    Epinephelus poecilonotus
                    Epinephelus quoyanus
                    Epinephelus retouti
                    Epinephelus andersoni
                    Epinephelus acanthistius
                    Epinephelus akaara
                    Epinephelus amblycephalus
                    Epinephelus analogus
                    Epinephelus awoara
                    Epinephelus bilobatus
                    Epinephelus bleekeri
                    Epinephelus bontoides
                    Epinephelus bruneus
                    Epinephelus chlorocephalus
                    Epinephelus cifuentesi
                    Epinephelus clippertonensis
                    Epinephelus corallicola
                    Epinephelus cyanopodus
                    Epinephelus daemelii
                    Epinephelus darwinensis
                    Epinephelus drummondhayi
                    Epinephelus ergastularius
                    Epinephelus erythrurus
                    Epinephelus exsul
                    Epinephelus fasciatomaculosus
                    Epinephelus flavolimbatus
                    Epinephelus goreensis
                    Epinephelus heniochus
                    Epinephelus howlandi
                    Epinephelus irroratus
                    Epinephelus labriformis
                    Epinephelus lebretonianus
                    Epinephelus maculatus
                    Epinephelus mystacinus
                    Epinephelus niphobles
                    Epinephelus perplexus
                    Epinephelus quernus
                    Epinephelus septemfasciatus
                    Epinephelus sexfasciatus
                    Epinephelus socialis
                    Epinephelus stictus
                    Epinephelus suborbitalis
                    Epinephelus timorensis
                    Epinephelus trimaculatus
                    Epinephelus trophis
                    Epinephelus tuamotuensis
                    Epinephelus undulatostriatus
                    Epinephelus undulosus
                    Epinephelus albomarginatus
                  Mycteroperca
                  Serranus
                  Caesioscorpis
                  Hemilutjanus
              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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera