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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 (Waldoschmittia) mediterranea
                  Lissodendoryx (Waldoschmittia) schmidti
                  Lissodendoryx (Waldoschmittia) infrequens
              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