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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
        Mystacocarida
        Copepoda
          Progymnoplea
          Neocopepoda
            Gymnoplea
            Podoplea
              Cyclopoida
              Harpacticoida
              Poecilostomatoida
                Anomoclausiidae
                Antheacheridae
                Anthessiidae
                Bomolochidae
                Catiniidae
                Chondracanthidae
                    Acanthochondria
                      Acanthochondria clavata
                      Acanthochondria cornuta
                      Acanthochondria limandae
                      Acanthochondria soleae
                      Acanthochondria triglae
                      Acanthochondria albigutta
                      Acanthochondria argutula
                      Acanthochondria ateleopi
                      Acanthochondria barnardi
                      Acanthochondria bicornis
                      Acanthochondria brevicorpa
                      Acanthochondria briani
                      Acanthochondria bulbosus
                      Acanthochondria compacta
                      Acanthochondria constricta
                      Acanthochondria crassicornis
                      Acanthochondria cyclopsetta
                      Acanthochondria cynoglottidis
                      Acanthochondria depressa
                      Acanthochondria diastema
                      Acanthochondria dilatata
                      Acanthochondria dojirii
                      Acanthochondria elongata
                      Acanthochondria epachthes
                      Acanthochondria exilipes
                      Acanthochondria fissicauda
                      Acanthochondria fleurae
                      Acanthochondria fraseri
                      Acanthochondria gemina
                      Acanthochondria glandiceps
                      Acanthochondria gurnardi
                      Acanthochondria hazekuti
                      Acanthochondria hippoglossi
                      Acanthochondria holocephalarum
                      Acanthochondria incisa
                      Acanthochondria inimici
                      Acanthochondria laemonemae
                      Acanthochondria latili
                      Acanthochondria lepidionis
                      Acanthochondria longicephalus
                      Acanthochondria longifrons
                      Acanthochondria macrocephala
                      Acanthochondria margolisi
                      Acanthochondria ophidii
                      Acanthochondria oralis
                      Acanthochondria phycidis
                      Acanthochondria pingi
                      Acanthochondria platycephali
                      Acanthochondria priacanthi
                      Acanthochondria purpurea
                      Acanthochondria rectangularis
                      Acanthochondria shawi
                      Acanthochondria sicyasis
                      Acanthochondria sixteni
                      Acanthochondria solida
                      Acanthochondria spinulosa
                      Acanthochondria spirigera
                      Acanthochondria tasmaniae
                      Acanthochondria tchangi
                      Acanthochondria tenuis
                      Acanthochondria uranoscopi
                      Acanthochondria vancouverensis
                      Acanthochondria wui
                      Acanthochondria yui
                      Acanthochondria chilensis
                      Acanthochondria deltoidea
                      Acanthochondria genypteri
                      Acanthochondria palpifera
                      Acanthochondria psetti
                      Acanthochondria chilomycteri
                      Acanthochondria galerita
                      Acanthochondria grandigenitalis
                      Acanthochondria kajika
                      Acanthochondria zebriae
                      Acanthochondria triangularis
                      Acanthochondria hoi
                      Acanthochondria tiddi
                      Acanthochondria radiata
                      Acanthochondria salmonea
                      Acanthochondria alleni
                      Acanthochondria alatalongicollis
                      Acanthochondria sagitta
                      Acanthochondria lilianae
                      Acanthochondria helicoleni
                    Acanthochondrites
                    Chondracanthodes
                    Chondracanthus
                    Lernentoma
                    Strabax
                    Pharodes
                    Diocus
                    Protochondracanthoides
                    Acanthocanthopsis
                    Andreina
                    Anops
                    Apodochondria
                    Argentinochondria
                    Auchenochondria
                    Bactrochondria
                    Barnardia
                    Berea
                    Blias
                    Bobkabata
                    Brachiochondria
                    Brachiochondrites
                    Brasilochondria
                    Ceratochondria
                    Chelonichondria
                    Chondracanthopsis
                    Cryptochondria
                    Disphaerocephalus
                    Entomoda
                    Heterochondria
                    Hoia
                    Humphreysia
                    Immanthe
                    Juanettia
                    Jusheyhoea
                    Lagochondria
                    Lateracanthus
                    Lernacantha
                    Lernaeomyzon
                    Lernaeosolea
                    Markevitchielinus
                    Mecaderochondria
                    Medesicaste
                    Neobrachiochondria
                    Oralien
                    Parapharodes
                    Praecidochondria
                    Prochondracanthopsis
                    Prochondracanthus
                    Protochondracanthus
                    Protochondria
                    Pseudacanthocanthopsis
                    Pseudacanthopsis
                    Pseudoblias
                    Pseudochondracanthoides
                    Pseudochondracanthus
                    Pseudodiocus
                    Pseudolernentoma
                    Pterochondria
                    Rhynchochondria
                    Rohdea
                    Rylovia
                    Scheherazade
                    Trichthacerus
                    Triphyllacanthus
                    Tuccopsis
                    Bereacanthus
                    Parapercicola
                Clausidiidae
                Clausiidae
                Corycaeidae
                Entobiidae
                Ergasilidae
                Eunicicolidae
                Gastrodelphyidae
                Herpyllobiidae
                Intramolgidae
                Lamippidae
                Lichomolgidae
                Lubbockiidae
                Macrochironidae
                Mesoglicolidae
                Myicolidae
                Mytilicolidae
                Nereicolidae
                Octopicolidae
                Oncaeidae
                Pharodidae
                Philichthyidae
                Phyllodicolidae
                Poecilostomatoida incertae sedis
                Pseudanthessiidae
                Rhynchomolgidae
                Sabelliphilidae
                Saccopsidae
                Sapphirinidae
                Serpulidicolidae
                Spiophanicolidae
                Synapticolidae
                Synaptiphilidae
                Taeniacanthidae
                Ventriculinidae
                Xenocoelomidae
                Tuccidae
                Corallovexiidae
                Echiurophilidae
                Euniciolidae
                Paralubbockiidae
                Tegobomolochidae
                Umazuracolidae
                Xenocoelomatidae
                Lernaeosoleidae
                Melinnacheridae
                Pionodesmotidae
                Bradophilidae
                Abrsiidae
                Makrostrotidae
              Siphonostomatoida
              Monstrilloida
              Misophrioida
              Mormonilloida
          Thaumatopsylloida
        Branchiura
        Tantulocarida
        Thecostraca
        Pentastomida
      Malacostraca
      Ostracoda
      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