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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
    Crustacea
      Remipedia
      Branchiopoda
      Maxillopoda
      Malacostraca
      Ostracoda
        Myodocopa
        Podocopa
          Podocopida
            Bairdiocopina
            Cytherocopina
              Cytheroidea
                Bythocytheridae
                Cuneocytheridae
                Cushmanideidae
                Cytherettidae
                Cytheridae
                Cytherideidae
                Cytheroidea incertae sedis
                Cytheromatidae
                Cytheruridae
                    Parahemingwayella
                    Typhlocythere
                    Cytheropteron
                    Cytherura
                    Eucytherura
                    Hemicytherura
                      Hemicytherura cellulosa
                      Hemicytherura clathrata
                      Hemicytherura defiorei
                      Hemicytherura gracilicosta
                      Hemicytherura hoskini
                      Hemicytherura videns
                      Hemicytherura reticulata
                      Hemicytherura splendifera
                      Hemicytherura sigmata
                      Hemicytherura anomala
                      Hemicytherura australis
                      Hemicytherura grossoporata
                      Hemicytherura irregularis
                      Hemicytherura stationis
                      Hemicytherura bradyi
                      Hemicytherura cranekeyensis
                      Hemicytherura angusticaudata
                      Hemicytherura apta
                      Hemicytherura arctowski
                      Hemicytherura aucklandica
                      Hemicytherura auriculata
                      Hemicytherura biannularis
                      Hemicytherura bulgarica
                      Hemicytherura cavata
                      Hemicytherura cuneata
                      Hemicytherura dageletensis
                      Hemicytherura delicatula
                      Hemicytherura disparicaudata
                      Hemicytherura eretaoi
                      Hemicytherura fereplana
                      Hemicytherura gravis
                      Hemicytherura hartmanniana
                      Hemicytherura housengi
                      Hemicytherura kajiyamai
                      Hemicytherura kazmaierae
                      Hemicytherura kunchiatiena
                      Hemicytherura lakeillawarraensis
                      Hemicytherura lemesuriensis
                      Hemicytherura mackenziei
                      Hemicytherura pandorae
                      Hemicytherura paucialveolata
                      Hemicytherura parvifossata
                      Hemicytherura pentagona
                      Hemicytherura quadrazea
                      Hemicytherura radiata
                      Hemicytherura santosensis
                      Hemicytherura scaholmensis
                      Hemicytherura scutellata
                      Hemicytherura seaholmensis
                      Hemicytherura sitakadayensis
                      Hemicytherura tricarinata
                      Hemicytherura viridiminor
                      Hemicytherura windangensis
                      Hemicytherura branchae
                      Hemicytherura lilljeborgi
                      Hemicytherura lapillata
                      Hemicytherura perornata
                    Kangarina
                    Microcytherura
                    Pedicythere
                    Pseudocytherura
                    Semicytherura
                    Tetracytherura
                    Cytherurinae
                    Aversovalva
                    Oculocytheropteron
                    Loxoreticulatum
                    Pelecocythere
                    Howeina
                    Swainocythere
                    Heinzmalzina
                    Hemiparacytheridea
                    Kobayashiina
                    Levocytherura
                    Lobosocytheropteron
                    Meganopteron
                    Microceratina
                    Nearocytherura
                    Paracytheropteron
                    Rimacytheropteron
                    Serrocytherura
                    Xylocythere
                    Hemingwayella
                    Eocytheropteron
                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
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera