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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
    Polyplacophora
    Gastropoda
      Prosobranchia
      Heterobranchia
      Cocculiniformia
      Neritimorpha
      Vetigastropoda
      Apogastropoda
      Caenogastropoda
        Neogastropoda
          Muricoidea
          Cancellarioidea
          Conoidea
            Turridae
            Conidae
                Conus
                  Conus vayssierei
                  Conus papilionaceus
                  Conus fumigatus
                  Conus guanche
                  Conus ebraeus
                  Conus coronatus
                  Conus mucronatus
                  Conus namocanus
                  Conus sponsalis
                  Conus convolutus
                  Conus rattus
                  Conus natalis
                  Conus cylindraceus
                  Conus obscurus
                  Conus sanguinolentus
                  Conus miles
                  Conus tenuistriatus
                  Conus balteatus
                  Conus timorensis
                  Conus pennaceus
                  Conus fulgetrum
                  Conus vexillum
                  Conus betulinus
                  Conus flavidus
                  Conus tessulatus
                  Conus euetrios
                  Conus planiliratus
                  Conus textile
                  Conus miliaris
                  Conus retifer
                  Conus lividus
                  Conus articulatus
                  Conus semivelatus
                  Conus madagascariensis
                  Conus irregularis
                  Conus fuscolineatus
                  Conus algoensis
                  Conus mozambicus
                  Conus tinianus
                  Conus habui
                  Conus solangeae
                  Conus baiano
                  Conus bodarti
                  Conus cargilei
                  Conus delucai
                  Conus henckesi
                  Conus mauricioi
                  Conus pseudocardinalis
                  Conus schirrmeisteri
                  Conus chiapponorum
                  Conus medoci
                  Conus suduirauti
                  Conus frausseni
                  Conus grohi
                  Conus terryni
                  Conus garywilsoni
                  Conus sagarinoi
                  Conus escondidai
                  Conus guidopoppei
                  Conus moncuri
                  Conus mcbridei
                  Conus gadesi
                  Conus giorossii
                  Conus sauros
                  Conus petergabrieli
                  Conus leobottonii
                  Conus kuiperi
                  Conus africanus
                  Conus cepasi
                  Conus kohni
                  Conus flavescens
                  Conus spurius
                  Conus arcuatus
                  Conus aristophanes
                  Conus artoptus
                  Conus baccatus
                  Conus bairstowi
                  Conus carnalis
                  Conus cingulatus
                  Conus consors
                  Conus cordigera
                  Conus coromandelicus
                  Conus diadema
                  Conus elegans
                  Conus eucoronatus
                  Conus excelsus
                  Conus fergusoni
                  Conus floccatus
                  Conus gloriamaris
                  Conus gradatulus
                  Conus gradatus
                  Conus grangeri
                  Conus infrenatus
                  Conus jucundus
                  Conus laterculatus
                  Conus lohri
                  Conus luteus
                  Conus lynceus
                  Conus melvilli
                  Conus muriculatus
                  Conus papilliferus
                  Conus perplexus
                  Conus pictus
                  Conus proximus
                  Conus purpurascens
                  Conus regularis
                  Conus sphacelatus
                  Conus splendidulus
                  Conus submarginatus
                  Conus sydneyensis
                  Conus thalassiarchus
                  Conus tiaratus
                  Conus tornatus
                  Conus gracilis
                  Conus sagittatus
                  Conus sagittiferus
                  Conus sowerbyi
                  Conus atramentosus
                  Conus papalis
                  Conus coronatus
                  Conus dentatus
                  Conus biliosus
                  Conus typhon
                  Conus visagenus
                  Conus duplicatus
                  Conus planiliratus
                  Conus nigropunctatus
                  Conus acutimarginatus
                  Conus acutus
                  Conus adansoni
                  Conus adustus
                  Conus akabensis
                  Conus albicans
                  Conus suffusus
                  Conus albomaculatus
                  Conus albus
                  Conus altispiratus
                  Conus aspersus
                  Conus aureolus
                  Conus beckeri
                  Conus beddomei
                  Conus bicolor
                  Conus bicolor
                  Conus bicolor
                  Conus bifasciatus
                  Conus bocki
                  Conus borneensis
                  Conus boubeeae
                  Conus bougei
                  Conus brazieri
                  Conus breviculus
                  Conus floridensis
                  Conus compressus
                  Conus maculatus
                  Conus maculosus
                  Conus roseotinctus
                  Conus superstriatus
                  Conus peplum
                  Conus lombei
                  Conus semisulcatus
                  Conus tenuisulcatus
                  Conus nigrescens
                  Conus concinnus
                  Conus fultoni
                  Conus meleus
                  Conus condensus
                  Conus corbula
                  Conus dianthus
                  Conus exquisitus
                  Conus speciosus
                  Conus reflectus
                  Conus reflexus
                  Conus solandri
                  Conus fabula
                  Conus poehlianus
                  Conus cervus
                  Conus croceus
                  Conus prytanis
                  Conus quadratomaculatus
                  Conus optimus
                  Conus tenuis
                  Conus modestus
                  Conus cuneatus
                  Conus excavatus
                  Conus multilineatus
                  Conus evelynae
                  Conus gloynei
                  Conus turritus
                  Conus magdalensis
                  Conus scalaris
                  Conus gracilis
                  Conus concolor
                  Conus unicolor
                  Conus keatii
                  Conus tegulatus
                  Conus wilmeri
                  Conus hedgesi
                  Conus superscriptus
                  Conus latifasciatus
                  Conus corrugatus
                  Conus crebrisulcus
                  Conus musivum
                  Conus prevosti
                  Conus coxianus
                  Conus insignis
                  Conus multicatenatus
                  Conus reticulatus
                  Conus maculiferus
                  Conus ornatus
                  Conus circae
                  Conus tasmaniae
                  Conus subcarinatus
                  Conus catenatus
                  Conus pusio
                  Conus rosaceus
                  Conus laevigatus
                  Conus gilchristi
                  Conus deburghiae
                  Conus fasciatus
                  Conus planicostatus
                  Conus pusillus
                  Conus racemosus
                  Conus tenuisulcatus
                  Conus sinensis
                  Conus grandis
                  Conus luzonicus
                  Conus regalitatis
                  Conus egregius
                  Conus viridis
                  Conus dispar
                  Conus incurvus
                  Conus scalarissimus
                  Conus syriacus
                  Conus solidus
                  Conus rarimaculatus
                  Conus inflatus
                  Conus straturatus
                  Conus floridus
                  Conus turbinatus
                  Conus thomasi
                  Conus scriptus
                  Conus tigrinus
                  Conus vespertinus
                  Conus fulvus
                  Conus tenuis
                  Conus micarius
                  Conus pulchellus
                  Conus glaucescens
                  Conus hanleyi
                  Conus complanatus
                  Conus interruptus
                  Conus ceylonicus
                  Conus ferrugatus
                  Conus papillaris
                  Conus pauperculus
                  Conus unicolor
                  Conus vividus
                  Conus undulatus
                  Conus alainallaryi
                  Conus gemmulatus
                  Conus discrepans
                  Conus olgae
                  Conus taxomae
                  Conus olgiatii
                  Conus pepeiu
                  Conus andremenezi
                  Conus miniexcelsus
                  Conus rizali
                  Conus concinnus
                  Conus platensis
                  Conus chytreus
                  Conus alveolus
                  Conus gratacapii
                  Conus tuberculosus
                Coninae
            Drilliidae
            Mangeliidae
            Clathurellidae
            Raphitomidae
            Conorbidae
            Terebridae
            Oenopotinae
            Clavatulidae
            Pseudomelatomidae
            Cochlespiridae
            Zemaciinae
          Buccinoidea
          Volutoidea
          Olivoidea
          Pseudolivoidea
        Sorbeoconcha
        [unassigned] Caenogastropoda
        Littorinimorpha
        Stenoglossa
        Hypsogastropoda
      Patellogastropoda
    Scaphopoda
    Bivalvia
    Monoplacophora
    Solenogastres
    Cephalopoda
    Placophora
    Aculifera
    Conchifera
    Pelecypoda
    Caudofoveata
    Lamellibranchiata
    Conchifera
  Porifera
  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