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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
                Cuneocytheridae
                Cushmanideidae
                Cytherettidae
                Cytheridae
                Cytherideidae
                Cytheroidea incertae sedis
                Cytheromatidae
                Cytheruridae
                Eucytheridae
                Hemicytheridae
                Krithidae
                Leptocytheridae
                Limnocytheridae
                Loxoconchidae
                Microcytheridae
                Neocytherideidae
                Paracytherideidae
                Paradoxostomatidae
                    Acetabulastoma
                    Cytherois
                    Paracythere
                    Paracytherois
                    Paradoxostoma
                      Paradoxostoma abbreviata
                      Paradoxostoma acuminatum
                      Paradoxostoma amygdaloides
                      Paradoxostoma angliorum
                      Paradoxostoma angustum
                      Paradoxostoma arcticum
                      Paradoxostoma atrum
                      Paradoxostoma bradyi
                      Paradoxostoma breve
                      Paradoxostoma caecum
                      Paradoxostoma chamberlaini
                      Paradoxostoma curtum
                      Paradoxostoma cylindricum
                      Paradoxostoma ensiforme
                      Paradoxostoma fleetense
                      Paradoxostoma hibernicum
                      Paradoxostoma hodgii
                      Paradoxostoma incongruens
                      Paradoxostoma insigne
                      Paradoxostoma intermedium
                      Paradoxostoma maculatum
                      Paradoxostoma mediterraneum
                      Paradoxostoma nealei
                      Paradoxostoma normani
                      Paradoxostoma obliquum
                      Paradoxostoma ornata
                      Paradoxostoma parallelum
                      Paradoxostoma planum
                      Paradoxostoma ponticum
                      Paradoxostoma porlockense
                      Paradoxostoma pulchellum
                      Paradoxostoma rarum
                      Paradoxostoma robinhoodi
                      Paradoxostoma rostratum
                      Paradoxostoma rubrum
                      Paradoxostoma sarniense
                      Paradoxostoma simile
                      Paradoxostoma striatum
                      Paradoxostoma taeniatum
                      Paradoxostoma tenuissimum
                      Paradoxostoma trieri
                      Paradoxostoma triste
                      Paradoxostoma variabile
                      Paradoxostoma versicolor
                      Paradoxostoma antarcticum
                      Paradoxostoma gracilis
                      Paradoxostoma hypselum
                      Paradoxostoma kerguelensis
                      Paradoxostoma suedshetlandensis
                      Paradoxostoma acuticaudatum
                      Paradoxostoma acutiusculum
                      Paradoxostoma adenensis
                      Paradoxostoma albaniense
                      Paradoxostoma affine
                      Paradoxostoma angolensis
                      Paradoxostoma angustissimum
                      Paradoxostoma antiborealis
                      Paradoxostoma assimile
                      Paradoxostoma augustensis
                      Paradoxostoma auritum
                      Paradoxostoma ballistica
                      Paradoxostoma berberensis
                      Paradoxostoma bifalculatum
                      Paradoxostoma brevicaudatum
                      Paradoxostoma brunneum
                      Paradoxostoma caeruleum
                      Paradoxostoma carinaspinosa
                      Paradoxostoma caudatum
                      Paradoxostoma chiawonga
                      Paradoxostoma commune
                      Paradoxostoma convexum
                      Paradoxostoma crassicaudatum
                      Paradoxostoma crustaecola
                      Paradoxostoma crustaecolum
                      Paradoxostoma decima
                      Paradoxostoma delicatum
                      Paradoxostoma deltoideum
                      Paradoxostoma devaneyi
                      Paradoxostoma dispar
                      Paradoxostoma elegans
                      Paradoxostoma esperancensis
                      Paradoxostoma evansheadense
                      Paradoxostoma exmouthensis
                      Paradoxostoma ezoense
                      Paradoxostoma flaccidum
                      Paradoxostoma fuscum
                      Paradoxostoma fluctusbenguelensis
                      Paradoxostoma fuscumaculosum
                      Paradoxostoma gantheaumensis
                      Paradoxostoma geraldtonensis
                      Paradoxostoma goodebeachensis
                      Paradoxostoma gracilloideum
                      Paradoxostoma griseum
                      Paradoxostoma guildertonensis
                      Paradoxostoma guttatum
                      Paradoxostoma hanhuai
                      Paradoxostoma hartmanni
                      Paradoxostoma heronislandensis
                      Paradoxostoma hoppei
                      Paradoxostoma horrocksensis
                      Paradoxostoma hurgadensis
                      Paradoxostoma imaginarium
                      Paradoxostoma kangarooinsulensis
                      Paradoxostoma kauaiensis
                      Paradoxostoma kunzi
                      Paradoxostoma kurilense
                      Paradoxostoma latimarginatum
                      Paradoxostoma limbaughi
                      Paradoxostoma lizardensis
                      Paradoxostoma longicaudatum
                      Paradoxostoma luederitzensis
                      Paradoxostoma martinsi
                      Paradoxostoma maxillulahamatum
                      Paradoxostoma migrantum
                      Paradoxostoma mimicus
                      Paradoxostoma minimum
                      Paradoxostoma novaecaledoniae
                      Paradoxostoma obtusum
                      Paradoxostoma oshoroense
                      Paradoxostoma ovaliphylla
                      Paradoxostoma ovatum
                      Paradoxostoma paichihiae
                      Paradoxostoma paenearcuatum
                      Paradoxostoma parallelicostatum
                      Paradoxostoma parameco
                      Paradoxostoma pararcuatum
                      Paradoxostoma paravespornatum
                      Paradoxostoma phaeophycicola
                      Paradoxostoma pharibroomensis
                      Paradoxostoma pilosum
                      Paradoxostoma porthedlandensis
                      Paradoxostoma posterotruncatum
                      Paradoxostoma punctumlonsdalensis
                      Paradoxostoma promunturiumphysicicotum
                      Paradoxostoma propearcuatum
                      Paradoxostoma reflexum
                      Paradoxostoma retusum
                      Paradoxostoma romei
                      Paradoxostoma rotundatum
                      Paradoxostoma salvadorianus
                      Paradoxostoma semilunare
                      Paradoxostoma setoense
                      Paradoxostoma sohni
                      Paradoxostoma stichkini
                      Paradoxostoma striungulum
                      Paradoxostoma tabulata
                      Paradoxostoma taiwanica
                      Paradoxostoma tauricum
                      Paradoxostoma trapezoideum
                      Paradoxostoma triviale
                      Paradoxostoma tumidiuscutum
                      Paradoxostoma vespornatum
                      Paradoxostoma wallarooensis
                      Paradoxostoma weberi
                      Paradoxostoma wirtzi
                      Paradoxostoma wuenschei
                      Paradoxostoma yallingupensis
                      Paradoxostoma affine
                      Paradoxostoma reniformis
                      Paradoxostoma abbreviatum
                      Paradoxostoma sanctpauli
                      Paradoxostoma fuegensis
                      Paradoxostoma dolichoforma
                      Paradoxostoma islagrandensis
                      Paradoxostoma magnoventosa
                      Paradoxostoma parvitenuis
                      Paradoxostoma gaini
                      Paradoxostoma magellanica
                    Redekea
                    Sclerochilus
                    Nodoconcha
                    Pseudeucythere
                    Boreostoma
                    Austroparadoxostoma
                    Bradystoma
                    Brunneostoma
                    Calcarostoma
                    Chejudocythere
                    Flabellicytherois
                    Glyphidocythere
                    Lanceostoma
                    Neopellucistoma
                    Obesostoma
                    Pontostoma
                    Triangulostoma
                    Violacytherois
                    Xiphichilus
                    Echinositus
                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