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You can also find a marine species by browsing through the WoRMS taxonomy on the right hand side.

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
              Siphonostomatoida
                Artotrogidae
                Asterocheridae
                    Acontiophorus
                    Asterocheres
                      Asterocheres bacescui
                      Asterocheres boecki
                      Asterocheres canui
                      Asterocheres complexus
                      Asterocheres corneliae
                      Asterocheres dentatus
                      Asterocheres echinicola
                      Asterocheres ellisi
                      Asterocheres genodon
                      Asterocheres kervillei
                      Asterocheres latus
                      Asterocheres lilljeborgi
                      Asterocheres minutus
                      Asterocheres mucronipes
                      Asterocheres parvus
                      Asterocheres renaudi
                      Asterocheres simplex
                      Asterocheres simulans
                      Asterocheres siphonatus
                      Asterocheres stimulans
                      Asterocheres suberitis
                      Asterocheres uncinatus
                      Asterocheres ventricosum
                      Asterocheres violaceus
                      Asterocheres madeirensis
                      Asterocheres aesthetes
                      Asterocheres alter
                      Asterocheres bulbosus
                      Asterocheres halichondriae
                      Asterocheres hongkongensis
                      Asterocheres indicus
                      Asterocheres jeanyeatmanae
                      Asterocheres longisetosus
                      Asterocheres magniceps
                      Asterocheres major
                      Asterocheres manaarensis
                      Asterocheres maxillatus
                      Asterocheres minor
                      Asterocheres orientalis
                      Asterocheres ovalis
                      Asterocheres proboscideus
                      Asterocheres reginae
                      Asterocheres rotundus
                      Asterocheres scutatus
                      Asterocheres stocki
                      Asterocheres tenuicornis
                      Asterocheres boeckii
                      Asterocheres gracilicauda
                      Asterocheres intermedius
                      Asterocheres tenerus
                      Asterocheres ventricosus
                      Asterocheres simulans
                      Asterocheres abyssi
                      Asterocheres micheli
                      Asterocheres dysideae
                      Asterocheres flustrae
                      Asterocheres enewetakensis
                      Asterocheres abrolhensis
                      Asterocheres crenulatus
                      Asterocheres lunatus
                      Asterocheres paraboecki
                      Asterocheres spinopaulus
                      Asterocheres tetrasetosus
                      Asterocheres spinulosus
                      Asterocheres mainensis
                      Asterocheres crinoidicola
                      Asterocheres aplysinus
                      Asterocheres spongus
                      Asterocheres brevisurculus
                      Asterocheres hirsutus
                      Asterocheres walteri
                      Asterocheres urabensis
                      Asterocheres pilosus
                      Asterocheres tubiporae
                      Asterocheres astroidicola
                      Asterocheres bimbarrensis
                      Asterocheres garridoi
                      Asterocheres neptunei
                      Asterocheres picinguabensis
                      Asterocheres unicus
                      Asterocheres comatulae
                      Asterocheres ruber
                      Asterocheres thompsoni
                      Asterocheres thorelli
                      Asterocheres carausi
                      Asterocheres berniciensis
                      Asterocheres purpurocinctus
                      Asterocheres globosus
                      Asterocheres asterocheres
                      Asterocheres lilljeborgii
                      Asterocheres nigripes
                      Asterocheres ornatus
                      Asterocheres serrulatus
                      Asterocheres faroensis
                      Asterocheres unioviger
                      Asterocheres trisetatus
                      Asterocheres bahamensis
                      Asterocheres tricuspis
                      Asterocheres plumosus
                      Asterocheres peniculatus
                      Asterocheres oricurvus
                      Asterocheres planus
                      Asterocheres sensilis
                      Asterocheres indivisus
                      Asterocheres nudicoxus
                      Asterocheres tenuipes
                      Asterocheres galeatus
                      Asterocheres fastigatus
                      Asterocheres cubensis
                      Asterocheres fernandezmilerai
                      Asterocheres antillensis
                      Asterocheres espinosai
                      Asterocheres tarifensis
                    Collocheres
                    Dermatomyzon
                    Mesocheres
                    Psilomyzon
                    Rhynchomyzon
                    Scottocheres
                    Tuphacheres
                    Ascomyzon
                    Ammatimyzon
                    Asterocheroides
                    Asteropontella
                    Asteropontius
                    Asteropontoides
                    Asteropontopsis
                    Australomyzon
                    Bythocheres
                    Caecidomyzon
                    Cecidomyzon
                    Chelacheres
                    Cheramomyzon
                    Cletopontius
                    Collocherides
                    Cyclopicera
                    Cystomyzon
                    Discopontius
                    Doropontius
                    Echinocheres
                    Glyptocheres
                    Gomumucheres
                    Hammatimyzon
                    Hermacheres
                    Hetairosyna
                    Hetairosynopsis
                    Humescheres
                    Indomyzon
                    Inermocheres
                    Isopodius
                    Kolocheres
                    Kolomyzon
                    Laperocheres
                    Leptomyzon
                    Madacheres
                    Meandromyzon
                    Mimacheres
                    Monocheres
                    Obesiella
                    Oedomyzon
                    Onychocheres
                    Ophiurocheres
                    Orecturus
                    Paracontiophorus
                    Parasterocheres
                    Parasteropontius
                    Peltomyzon
                    Phyllocheres
                    Selenodiscus
                    Sinopontius
                    Siphonopontius
                    Solenostoma
                    Tychomyzon
                    Uperogcos
                    Gerulusosacculus
                    Stockmyzon
                    Hetairosynella
                    Cyclocheres
                    Stenomyzon
                    Cephalocheres
                    Humesimyzon
                    Thermocheres
                    Gascardama
                    Echinocheres
                Brychiopontiidae
                Caligidae
                Calverocheridae
                Cancerillidae
                Cecropidae
                Dichelesthiidae
                Dinopontiidae
                Dirivultidae
                Entomolepidae
                Eudactylinidae
                Euryphoridae
                Hatschekiidae
                Kroyeriidae
                Lernaeopodidae
                Lernanthropidae
                Megapontiidae
                Micropontiidae
                Nanaspididae
                Nicothoidae
                Pandaridae
                Pennellidae
                Pontoeciellidae
                Pseudocycnidae
                Rataniidae
                Sphyriidae
                Sponginticolidae
                Spongiocnizontidae
                Trebiidae
                Ascomyzontidae
                Calvocheridae
                Dissonidae
                Naobranchiidae
                Pennillidae
                Pontopsyllidae
                Amaterasidae
                Choniostomatidae
                Pseudohatschekiidae
              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