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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
    Crustacea
      Remipedia
      Branchiopoda
      Maxillopoda
      Malacostraca
      Ostracoda
        Myodocopa
        Podocopa
          Podocopida
            Bairdiocopina
            Cytherocopina
              Cytheroidea
                Bythocytheridae
                    Bathynocythere
                    Bythoceratina
                    Bythocythere
                    Dopseucythere
                    Jonesia
                    Monoceratina
                    Pseudocythere
                    Rostrocythere
                    Sclerochilus
                      Sclerochilus abbreviatus
                      Sclerochilus aequus
                      Sclerochilus bradyi
                      Sclerochilus contortus
                      Sclerochilus gewemuelleri
                      Sclerochilus hicksi
                      Sclerochilus levis
                      Sclerochilus rudjakovi
                      Sclerochilus schornikovi
                      Sclerochilus truncatus
                      Sclerochilus whatleyi
                      Sclerochilus compressus
                      Sclerochilus meridionalis
                      Sclerochilus antarcticus
                      Sclerochilus reniformis
                      Sclerochilus kerguelensis
                      Sclerochilus krosensis
                      Sclerochilus svalbardensis
                      Sclerochilus (Praesclerochilus)
                      Sclerochilus australiensis
                      Sclerochilus centroamericanus
                      Sclerochilus disjunctus
                      Sclerochilus dubowskyi
                      Sclerochilus eximius
                      Sclerochilus incurvatus
                      Sclerochilus inhambanensis
                      Sclerochilus iturupicus
                      Sclerochilus jurasovi
                      Sclerochilus laptevensis
                      Sclerochilus laptevi
                      Sclerochilus lineatus
                      Sclerochilus mukaishimensis
                      Sclerochilus nasus
                      Sclerochilus ovatoides
                      Sclerochilus piaoyina
                      Sclerochilus rubrimaris
                      Sclerochilus semirutrens
                      Sclerochilus subcycloidea
                      Sclerochilus makeoeyanensis
                      Sclerochilus makeøyanensis
                    Nealocythere
                    Antarcticythere
                    Nodobythere
                    Retibythere
                    Australobythere
                    Baltraella
                    Bisoceratina
                    Bubuloceratina
                    Bythocytheropteron
                    Dentibythere
                    Hanaiceratina
                    Mayburya
                    Miracythere
                    Otocytherella
                    Parabythocythere
                    Pseudoceratina
                    Phlyctobythocythere
                    Profundobythere
                    Rhombobythere
                    Ruggieriella
                    Velibythere
                    Vitjasiella
                    Abyssobythere
                    Vandenboldina
                    Cretaceratina
                    Pariceratina
                    Convexochilus
                Cuneocytheridae
                Cushmanideidae
                Cytherettidae
                Cytheridae
                Cytherideidae
                Cytheroidea incertae sedis
                Cytheromatidae
                Cytheruridae
                Eucytheridae
                Hemicytheridae
                Krithidae
                Leptocytheridae
                Limnocytheridae
                Loxoconchidae
                Microcytheridae
                Neocytherideidae
                Paracytherideidae
                Paradoxostomatidae
                Trachyleberididae
                Xestoleberididae
                Xestoleberidae
                Terrestricytheridae
                Entocytheridae
                Australocytherideidae
                Cobanocytheridae
                Cytheralisonidae
                Kliellidae
                Osticytheridae
                Paracytheridae
                Parvocytheridae
                Pectocytheridae
                Protocytheridae
                Psammocytheridae
                Saididae
                Schizocytheridae
                Speluncellidae
                Thaerocytheridae
                Bonaducecytheridae
                Progonocytheridae
                Flexuocythere
            Cypridocopina
            Sigilliocopina
          Platycopida
          Palaeocopida
        Palaeocopa
      Pentastomata
    Chelicerata
    Myriapoda
    Hexapoda
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  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
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Archaea
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