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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
                Brychiopontiidae
                Caligidae
                Calverocheridae
                Cancerillidae
                Cecropidae
                Dichelesthiidae
                Dinopontiidae
                Dirivultidae
                Entomolepidae
                Eudactylinidae
                Euryphoridae
                Hatschekiidae
                Kroyeriidae
                Lernaeopodidae
                    Advena
                    Albionella
                    Alella
                    Brachiella
                    Charopinus
                    Clavella
                      Clavella adunca
                      Clavella alata
                      Clavella denticis
                      Clavella stellata
                      Clavella pinguis
                      Clavella uncinata
                      Clavella stichaei
                      Clavella pagri
                      Clavella applicata
                      Clavella bathyalis
                      Clavella bowmani
                      Clavella canaliculata
                      Clavella caudata
                      Clavella cluthae
                      Clavella collaris
                      Clavella delamarei
                      Clavella deliciosa
                      Clavella deminuta
                      Clavella devastatrix
                      Clavella diversia
                      Clavella embiotocae
                      Clavella gadomi
                      Clavella gracilis
                      Clavella hardingi
                      Clavella hippoglossi
                      Clavella iadda
                      Clavella insolita
                      Clavella inversa
                      Clavella invicta
                      Clavella irina
                      Clavella longicauda
                      Clavella macrotrachelus
                      Clavella macruri
                      Clavella okamurai
                      Clavella ovata
                      Clavella parva
                      Clavella perfida
                      Clavella porogadi
                      Clavella recta
                      Clavella robusta
                      Clavella sciaenae
                      Clavella sciatherica
                      Clavella scombropis
                      Clavella simplex
                      Clavella sokodara
                      Clavella squamigera
                      Clavella strumosa
                      Clavella tumida
                      Clavella tumidula
                      Clavella typica
                      Clavella scari
                      Clavella agilis
                      Clavella angulata
                      Clavella bergyltae
                      Clavella brevicollis
                      Clavella canthari
                      Clavella carusi
                      Clavella centrodonti
                      Clavella characis
                      Clavella chiloensis
                      Clavella clava
                      Clavella convergentis
                      Clavella crassa
                      Clavella dubia
                      Clavella elongata
                      Clavella emarginata
                      Clavella fallax
                      Clavella hostilis
                      Clavella labracis
                      Clavella laciniata
                      Clavella levis
                      Clavella lichiae
                      Clavella mulli
                      Clavella obesa
                      Clavella pagelli
                      Clavella paradoxa
                      Clavella quadrata
                      Clavella rugosa
                      Clavella sargi
                      Clavella scombri
                      Clavella subtilis
                      Clavella tenuis
                      Clavella zini
                      Clavella acantholabriexoleti
                      Clavella crenilabri
                      Clavella labridonovaini
                      Clavella labrimixti
                      Clavella labritrimaculati
                      Clavella intermedia
                      Clavella clavata
                      Clavella dilatata
                      Clavella anomala
                      Clavella appendiculosa
                      Clavella appendiculata
                      Clavella fasiculata
                      Clavella lizae
                      Clavella microcephala
                      Clavella ovalis
                      Clavella sciaenophila
                      Clavella triglae
                      Clavella urolophi
                      Clavella cornuta
                      Clavella cyclopterina
                      Clavella cyprinacea
                      Clavella gobina
                      Clavella huchonis
                      Clavella lotae
                      Clavella nodosa
                      Clavella pectoralis
                      Clavella pinnara
                      Clavella radiata
                      Clavella salmonea
                      Clavella singularis
                      Clavella fortis
                      Clavella stichaei
                      Clavella bramae
                    Clavellisa
                    Clavellistes
                    Clavellodes
                    Clavellotis
                    Eubrachiella
                    Lernaeopoda
                    Lernaeopodina
                    Naobranchia
                    Neobrachiella
                    Ommatokoita
                    Pseudocharopinus
                    Salmincola
                    Schistobrachia
                    Sparidicola
                    Thysanote
                    Vanbenedenia
                    Clavellomimus
                    Dendrapta
                    Clavellopsis
                    Acespadia
                    Anaclavella
                    Anchorella
                    Andropoda
                    Brachiellina
                    Brianella
                    Cestopoda
                    Charopinopsis
                    Cryptova
                    Eobrachiella
                    Epibrachiella
                    Epiclavella
                    Euclavellisa
                    Isobranchia
                    Lernaeopodella
                    Lernaeopodopsis
                    Margolisius
                    Mixtio
                    Nectobrachia
                    Nudiclavella
                    Parabrachiella
                    Pediculus
                    Probrachiella
                    Proclavellodes
                    Pseudocharopinoides
                    Pseudolernaeopoda
                    Pseudolernaeopodina
                    Pseudolernanthropus
                    Pseudomixtio
                    Schisturus
                    Stylophorus
                    Thomsonella
                    Thynnicola
                    Thysanotella
                    Kabatahoia
                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