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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
    Calcarea
    Hexactinellida
    Homoscleromorpha
    Porifera incertae sedis
    Demospongiae
      Ceractinomorpha
      Tetractinomorpha
      Dendroceratida
      Dictyoceratida
      Halichondrida
      Halisarcida
      Haplosclerida
      Poecilosclerida
        Microcionina
        Mycalina
        Myxillina
          Coelosphaeridae
              Chaetodoryx
              Clinolabis
              Coelectys
              Coelosphaera
              Ectoforcepia
              Ectyodoryx
              Forcepia
              Histoderma
              Histodermella
              Inflatella
              Joyeuxia
              Leptolabis
              Lissodendoryx
                Lissodendoryx (Anomodoryx)
                Lissodendoryx (Waldoschmittia)
                Lissodendoryx amaknakensis
                Lissodendoryx basispinosa
                Lissodendoryx caduca
                Lissodendoryx certa
                Lissodendoryx complicata
                Lissodendoryx corallorhizoides
                Lissodendoryx fertilior
                Lissodendoryx firma
                Lissodendoryx fragilis
                Lissodendoryx isodictyalis
                Lissodendoryx laxa
                Lissodendoryx lobosa
                Lissodendoryx lundbecki
                Lissodendoryx polymorpha
                Lissodendoryx simplex
                Lissodendoryx sophia
                Lissodendoryx stipitata
                Lissodendoryx vicina
                Lissodendoryx baculata
                Lissodendoryx (Acanthodoryx)
                Lissodendoryx (Ectyodoryx)
                Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx)
                Lissodendoryx flabellata
                Lissodendoryx innominata
                Lissodendoryx stylo-derma
                Lissodendoryx albemarlensis
                Lissodendoryx antarctica
                Lissodendoryx arenaria
                Lissodendoryx areolata
                Lissodendoryx atlantica
                Lissodendoryx balanoides
                Lissodendoryx behringi
                Lissodendoryx bifacialis
                Lissodendoryx buchanani
                Lissodendoryx calypta
                Lissodendoryx carolinensis
                Lissodendoryx catenata
                Lissodendoryx ciocalyptoides
                Lissodendoryx colombiensis
                Lissodendoryx coralliophila
                Lissodendoryx damirioides
                Lissodendoryx derjugini
                Lissodendoryx diversichela
                Lissodendoryx fibrosa
                Lissodendoryx florida
                Lissodendoryx innominata
                Lissodendoryx ivanovi
                Lissodendoryx kyma
                Lissodendoryx lissostyla
                Lissodendoryx loyningi
                Lissodendoryx maculata
                Lissodendoryx marplatensis
                Lissodendoryx microchelifera
                Lissodendoryx minuta
                Lissodendoryx minuta
                Lissodendoryx monticularis
                Lissodendoryx multiformis
                Lissodendoryx noxiosa
                Lissodendoryx olgae
                Lissodendoryx oligacantha
                Lissodendoryx oxeota
                Lissodendoryx oxytes
                Lissodendoryx papillosa
                Lissodendoryx rarus
                Lissodendoryx rex
                Lissodendoryx rhaphidiophora
                Lissodendoryx similis
                Lissodendoryx sinensis
                Lissodendoryx stephensi
                Lissodendoryx stephensoni
                Lissodendoryx stipitata
                Lissodendoryx strongylata
                Lissodendoryx styloderma
                Lissodendoryx timorensis
                Lissodendoryx tubicola
                Lissodendoryx tawiensis
                Lissodendoryx asigmata
                Lissodendoryx roxasi
                Lissodendoryx balanophilus
                Lissodendoryx stylophora
                Lissodendoryx tubiformis
                Lissodendoryx tuberosa
                Lissodendoryx spinulosa
                Lissodendoryx massalis
                Lissodendoryx tylostyla
                Lissodendoryx coralgardeniensis
                Lissodendoryx spinulosa
                Lissodendoryx fusca
                Lissodendoryx foliata
                Lissodendoryx jenjonesae
                Lissodendoryx spongiosa
                Lissodendoryx indistincta
                Lissodendoryx sigmata
              Paramyxilla
              Lepidosphaera
              Coelosphaericon
              Damiriana
              Forcipina
              Histioderma
              Siderodermella
              Tedandoryx
              Trachyforcepia
              Wilsa
              Zetekispongia
              Zottea
              Zetekopsis
              Xytopsoocha
              Damiriella
              Labisophlita
              Marcusoldia
              Naauna
              Sideroderma
              Celtodoryx
              Histodermion
              Waldoschmittia
              Anomodoryx
              Acanthodoryx
          Crambeidae
          Crellidae
          Dendoricellidae
          Desmacididae
          Hymedesmiidae
          Iotrochotidae
          Myxillidae
          Tedaniidae
          Anchinoidae
          Desmacidonidae
          Chondropsidae
          Phellodermidae
        Latrunculina
      Verongida
      Astrophorida
      Chondrosida
      Hadromerida
      'Lithistida'
      Spirophorida
      Petrosida
      Nepheliospongida
      Choristida
      Axinellida
      Agelasida
      Demospongiae incertae sedis
      Verticillitida
      Keratosa
      Myxospongiae
      Gummineae
      Verongimorpha
      Tetractinellida
      Democlavia
    Sclerospongiae
    Hyalospongiae
    Calcispongiae
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
  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