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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
              Agonidae
              Cottidae
              Cyclopteridae
              Dactylopteridae
              Peristediidae
              Platycephalidae
              Psychrolutidae
              Scorpaenidae
              Sebastidae
              Setarchidae
              Triglidae
              Liparidae
                  Careproctus
                  Liparis
                  Paraliparis
                    Paraliparis abyssorum
                    Paraliparis bathybius
                    Paraliparis bipolaris
                    Paraliparis challengeri
                    Paraliparis edwardsi
                    Paraliparis hystrix
                    Paraliparis membranaceus
                    Paraliparis murieli
                    Paraliparis calidus
                    Paraliparis copei
                    Paraliparis garmani
                    Paraliparis vaillanti
                    Paraliparis australis
                    Paraliparis gracilis
                    Paraliparis neelovi
                    Paraliparis leucogaster
                    Paraliparis incognita
                    Paraliparis fuscolingua
                    Paraliparis macrocephalus
                    Paraliparis devriesi
                    Paraliparis mawsoni
                    Paraliparis stehmanni
                    Paraliparis diploprora
                    Paraliparis thalassobathyalis
                    Paraliparis valentinae
                    Paraliparis obliquosus
                    Paraliparis duhameli
                    Paraliparis andriashevi
                    Paraliparis rossi
                    Paraliparis tompkinsae
                    Paraliparis meganchus
                    Paraliparis somovi
                    Paraliparis trilobodon
                    Paraliparis orcadensis
                    Paraliparis balgueriasi
                    Paraliparis operculosus
                    Paraliparis tetrapteryx
                    Paraliparis cerasinus
                    Paraliparis leucoglossus
                    Paraliparis monoporus
                    Paraliparis albeolus
                    Paraliparis albescens
                    Paraliparis antarcticus
                    Paraliparis anthracinus
                    Paraliparis aspersus
                    Paraliparis ater
                    Paraliparis atramentatus
                    Paraliparis atrolabiatus
                    Paraliparis attenuatus
                    Paraliparis auriculatus
                    Paraliparis australiensis
                    Paraliparis avellaneus
                    Paraliparis badius
                    Paraliparis brunneocaudatus
                    Paraliparis brunneus
                    Paraliparis carlbondi
                    Paraliparis cephalus
                    Paraliparis charcoti
                    Paraliparis coracinus
                    Paraliparis costatus
                    Paraliparis csiroi
                    Paraliparis dactyloides
                    Paraliparis dactylosus
                    Paraliparis darwini
                    Paraliparis deani
                    Paraliparis debueni
                    Paraliparis delphis
                    Paraliparis dewitti
                    Paraliparis dipterus
                    Paraliparis eastmani
                    Paraliparis eltanini
                    Paraliparis entochloris
                    Paraliparis fimbriatus
                    Paraliparis galapagosensis
                    Paraliparis gomoni
                    Paraliparis grandis
                    Paraliparis hobarti
                    Paraliparis holomelas
                    Paraliparis hubbsi
                    Paraliparis hureaui
                    Paraliparis impariporus
                    Paraliparis infeliciter
                    Paraliparis kreffti
                    Paraliparis labiatus
                    Paraliparis lasti
                    Paraliparis latifrons
                    Paraliparis leobergi
                    Paraliparis liparinus
                    Paraliparis mandibularis
                    Paraliparis megalopus
                    Paraliparis melanobranchus
                    Paraliparis mento
                    Paraliparis meridionalis
                    Paraliparis merodontus
                    Paraliparis molinai
                    Paraliparis nassarum
                    Paraliparis obtusirostris
                    Paraliparis paucidens
                    Paraliparis pectoralis
                    Paraliparis piceus
                    Paraliparis plagiostomus
                    Paraliparis retrodorsalis
                    Paraliparis rosaceus
                    Paraliparis skeliphrus
                    Paraliparis tasmaniensis
                    Paraliparis trunovi
                    Paraliparis ulochir
                    Paraliparis violaceus
                    Paraliparis acutidens
                    Paraliparis kocki
                    Paraliparis mexicanus
                    Paraliparis porcus
                    Paraliparis wolffi
                    Paraliparis adustus
                    Paraliparis bullacephalus
                    Paraliparis nigellus
                  Psednos
                  Rhodichthys
                  Acantholiparis
                  Allocareproctus
                  Crystallias
                  Crystallichthys
                  Eknomoliparis
                  Elassodiscus
                  Gyrinichthys
                  Lipariscus
                  Lopholiparis
                  Menziesichthys
                  Nectoliparis
                  Odontoliparis
                  Osteodiscus
                  Palmoliparis
                  Polypera
                  Praematoliparis
                  Prognatholiparis
                  Pseudoliparis
                  Pseudonotoliparis
                  Rhinoliparis
                  Squaloliparis
                  Temnocora
                  Amitra
                  Bathyphasma
                  Cyclogaster
                  Enantioliparis
                  Gymnolycodes
                  Neoliparis
                  Prognurus
                  Trismegistus
                  Loparis
            Pleuronectiformes
            Tetraodontiformes
            Zeiformes
            Perciformes
            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