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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
                    Acanthochondrites
                    Chondracanthodes
                    Chondracanthus
                      Chondracanthus angustatus
                      Chondracanthus lophii
                      Chondracanthus merluccii
                      Chondracanthus neali
                      Chondracanthus ninnii
                      Chondracanthus nodosus
                      Chondracanthus ornatus
                      Chondracanthus zei
                      Chondracanthus cottunculi
                      Chondracanthus horridus
                      Chondracanthus goldsmidi
                      Chondracanthus abdominalis
                      Chondracanthus annulatus
                      Chondracanthus australis
                      Chondracanthus barnardi
                      Chondracanthus bleekeri
                      Chondracanthus briani
                      Chondracanthus brotulae
                      Chondracanthus bulbosus
                      Chondracanthus clavatus
                      Chondracanthus colligens
                      Chondracanthus congiopodi
                      Chondracanthus cynoglottidis
                      Chondracanthus deltoideus
                      Chondracanthus depressus
                      Chondracanthus distortus
                      Chondracanthus dogieli
                      Chondracanthus elongatus
                      Chondracanthus epachthes
                      Chondracanthus galeritus
                      Chondracanthus genypteri
                      Chondracanthus gibbosus
                      Chondracanthus gracilis
                      Chondracanthus grandigenitalis
                      Chondracanthus heterostichi
                      Chondracanthus irregularis
                      Chondracanthus janebennettae
                      Chondracanthus lepidionis
                      Chondracanthus lepophidii
                      Chondracanthus longicephalus
                      Chondracanthus lotellae
                      Chondracanthus narium
                      Chondracanthus palpifer
                      Chondracanthus phycidis
                      Chondracanthus pingi
                      Chondracanthus pinguis
                      Chondracanthus polymixiae
                      Chondracanthus pusillus
                      Chondracanthus rectangularis
                      Chondracanthus rickettsi
                      Chondracanthus similis
                      Chondracanthus sixteni
                      Chondracanthus slastnicovi
                      Chondracanthus stramineus
                      Chondracanthus theragrae
                      Chondracanthus trilobatus
                      Chondracanthus tuberculatus
                      Chondracanthus williamsoni
                      Chondracanthus wilsoni
                      Chondracanthus yanezi
                      Chondracanthus triventricosus
                      Chondracanthus chilomycteri
                      Chondracanthus cornutus
                      Chondracanthus soleae
                      Chondracanthus psetti
                      Chondracanthus brevicollis
                      Chondracanthus alatus
                      Chondracanthus bifurcatus
                      Chondracanthus crassicornis
                      Chondracanthus delarochiana
                      Chondracanthus dufresnii
                      Chondracanthus flurae
                      Chondracanthus gobinus
                      Chondracanthus gurnardi
                      Chondracanthus laciniatus
                      Chondracanthus laevigatus
                      Chondracanthus larochii
                      Chondracanthus limandae
                      Chondracanthus lisse
                      Chondracanthus macrurus
                      Chondracanthus merlangi
                      Chondracanthus multituberculatus
                      Chondracanthus ophidii
                      Chondracanthus pallidus
                      Chondracanthus quadratus
                      Chondracanthus radiatus
                      Chondracanthus sicyasis
                      Chondracanthus solidus
                      Chondracanthus triglae
                      Chondracanthus xiphiae
                      Chondracanthus chilensis
                      Chondracanthus lophius
                      Chondracanthus shiinoi
                      Chondracanthus laevirajae
                      Chondracanthus parvus
                      Chondracanthus yabei
                      Chondracanthus inflatus
                      Chondracanthus gibbosus
                    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