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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
        Pulmonata
        Heterostropha
        [unassigned] Heterobranchia
        Opisthobranchia
          Cephalaspidea
          Gymnosomata
          Sacoglossa
          Anaspidea
          Aplysiomorpha
          Notaspidea
          Nudibranchia
            Euctenidiacea
            Dexiarchia
              [unassigned] Dexiarchia
              Euarminida
              Dendronotida
              Aeolidida
                Aeolidioidea
                Flabellinoidea
                Fionoidea
                  Eubranchidae
                  Tergipedidae
                      Catriona
                      Cuthona
                        Cuthona abyssicola
                        Cuthona albopunctata
                        Cuthona amoena
                        Cuthona berghi
                        Cuthona caerulea
                        Cuthona concinna
                        Cuthona distans
                        Cuthona ferruginea
                        Cuthona foliata
                        Cuthona genovae
                        Cuthona granosa
                        Cuthona ilonae
                        Cuthona leopardina
                        Cuthona miniostriata
                        Cuthona nana
                        Cuthona norvegica
                        Cuthona ocellata
                        Cuthona perca
                        Cuthona peregrina
                        Cuthona pustulata
                        Cuthona rubescens
                        Cuthona suecica
                        Cuthona thompsoni
                        Cuthona viridis
                        Cuthona willani
                        Cuthona gymnota
                        Cuthona fidenciae
                        Cuthona correai
                        Cuthona fructuosa
                        Cuthona lizae
                        Cuthona beta
                        Cuthona behrensi
                        Cuthona destinyae
                        Cuthona millenae
                        Cuthona tina
                        Cuthona antarctica
                        Cuthona barbadiana
                        Cuthona iris
                        Cuthona pumilio
                        Cuthona rubra
                        Cuthona scintillans
                        Cuthona sibogae
                        Cuthona abronia
                        Cuthona albocrusta
                        Cuthona divae
                        Cuthona flavovulta
                        Cuthona fulgens
                        Cuthona lagunae
                        Cuthona rolleri
                        Cuthona virens
                        Cuthona diversicolor
                        Cuthona puellula
                        Cuthona purpureoanulata
                        Cuthona speciosa
                        Cuthona yamasui
                        Cuthona anulata
                      Tenellia
                      Tergipes
                      Tergipedinae
                      Cuthoninae
                      Precuthoninae
                  Calmidae
                  Fionidae
                  Pseudovermidae
              Pseudoeuctenidiacea
            Dendronotina
          Thecosomata
          Pteropoda
          Umbraculida
          Pleurobranchomorpha
          Acochlidiacea
          Nudipleura
          [unassigned] Opisthobranchia
          Runcinacea
      Cocculiniformia
      Neritimorpha
      Vetigastropoda
      Apogastropoda
      Caenogastropoda
      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
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